Bug#1055955: transition: perl 5.38
On Tue, Nov 14, 2023 at 08:28:01PM +0200, Niko Tyni wrote:
> this has taken me much longer than necessary for various reasons, but I
> think we're almost ready to push Perl 5.38 to sid now.
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?tag=perl-5.38-transition;users=debian-perl@lists.debian.org
>
> There's a few packages that are nontrivially broken and will probably
> need to be removed from testing.
>
> libapache-db-perl #1040396
>
> libembperl-perl #1042845
>
> polymake #1042521
The polymake bug was fixed recently (yay!). The other two remain, but
libapache-db-perl got removed from testing already. I don't see any
rdeps for libembperl-perl so presumably it can be removed as well.
We have one new blocker, not related to Perl 5.38 but preventing
the necessary rebuild:
libgit-raw-perl #1057318
The only reverse dependencies I can see are libgit-objectstore-perl
and torrus-common, so seems like testing removal is a viable option
here as well.
I uploaded 5.38.2 to experimental in the meantime, and have re-run
the rebuild and autopkgtest checks. I found no new Perl 5.38 related
regressions, and the new rebuild blockers I found are already fixed.
The (unrelated) pandoc mess causes quite a few failures in sid that
interfered with the testing though.
I think we're as ready as can reasonably be, assuming you're OK with the
above testing removals. Please let me know when a suitable transition
slot becomes available.
Thanks for your work,
--
Niko
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