Bug#579450: libdevice-cdio-perl: FTBFS with perl 5.12.0-1: 64-bit integers

Damyan Ivanov dmn at debian.org
Wed Apr 27 04:58:38 UTC 2011


-=| Dominic Hargreaves, Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 10:39:45PM +0100 |=-
> On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 10:33:37PM +0200, gregor herrmann wrote:
> > On Wed, 20 Apr 2011 22:37:40 +0100, Dominic Hargreaves wrote:
> > 
> > > > This very probably happens because 5.12.0-1 is configured with -Duse64bitint.
> > > The last upstream release of this module was in 2006, and there hasn't
> > > been any response here or on the upstream bug report[1]. The package has
> > > no reverse dependencies and a low popcon count. I'm included to suggest
> > > that we remove this package unless someone is willing to provide a patch.
> > 
> > Sounds reasonable.
> 
> Okay. I'll file a bug for removal at the same time, or shortly after
> increasing the severity when perl 5.12 hits unstable.

How about orphaning? People may still find the package useful despite 
the low popcon "index". 
(http://kitenet.net/~joey/blog/entry/the_popcon_problem)





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