Bug#629079: Proposed-RM: libextutils-install-perl -- RoM; uninstallable, provided by perl

[Dominic Hargreaves]

On Sat, Jun 04, 2011 at 10:55:39PM +0200, gregor herrmann wrote:
> On Sat, 04 Jun 2011 11:20:56 +0200, Ansgar Burchardt wrote:
> 
> > >> If there are no objections, I'll reassign this bug to the FTP team on
> > >> the weekend.
> > > Hm, in #625230 (libfile-path-perl) we had a similar discussion, and
> > > the conclusion there was to leave the package in unstable and the RC
> > > bug open, until a new upstream release appears.
> > Yes, I did see that one a few hours later.  ExtUtils::Install has the
> > additional fun of having patches applied in the perl package and not in
> > libextutils-install-perl (#624508).
> 
> Uh-oh. Thanks for the pointer.
>  
> > > However we proceed, I'd suggest to do the same for both packages. And
> > > I still slightly prefer to keep them, unless we know that there won't
> > > be any new releases.
> > We can keep libfile-path-perl and drop it if nothing changes until
> > wheezy, but I would still like to either a, remove
> > libextutils-install-perl or b, not have patches applied to it in both
> > perl and the extra package (as we will forget to sync patches at some
> > later point anyway).  
> 
> Agreed.
> 
> > Given the package did not have a release on CPAN
> > for almost two years, I would go with (a).
> 
> Ok, I can't really find any good objections :)

+1 from me (if nothing else it makes reviewing the patch in the perl
package less urgent, although it should still be done).

Cheers,
Dominic.

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