[SCM] Debian package checker branch, master, updated. 2.3.3-56-g5ddc15f
The following commit has been merged in the master branch:
commit 5c529fb46ebbf85e9089905e6a7e14aa218bf034
Author: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
Date: Wed Feb 3 23:00:48 2010 +0200
Don't recommend a direct dependency on perl-modules, use perl instead.
As discussed in #552052, perl-modules is now considered an internal
implementation detail of the perl source package and direct dependencies
on it are discouraged.
diff --git a/checks/fields.desc b/checks/fields.desc
index 1fd2bee..ccad53f 100644
--- a/checks/fields.desc
+++ b/checks/fields.desc
@@ -903,10 +903,10 @@ Info: This package declares an unnecessary versioned dependency
.
The recommended way to express the dependency without needless
complications on backporting packages is to use alternative dependencies.
- The Perl core package should be the preferred alternative and the
+ The perl package should be the preferred alternative and the
versioned dependency a secondary one.
.
- Example: perl-modules (>= 5.10.0) | libmodule-build-perl (>= 0.26)
+ Example: perl (>= 5.10.0) | libmodule-build-perl (>= 0.26)
Ref: policy 7.5
Tag: package-superseded-by-perl
@@ -924,10 +924,10 @@ Info: This package is also provided by one of the Perl core packages
.
The recommended way to express the dependency without needless
complications on backporting packages is to use alternative dependencies.
- The Perl core package should be the preferred alternative and the
+ The perl package should be the preferred alternative and the
versioned dependency a secondary one.
.
- Example: perl-modules (>= 5.10.0) | libmodule-build-perl (>= 0.26)
+ Example: perl (>= 5.10.0) | libmodule-build-perl (>= 0.26)
Ref: policy 7.5
Tag: vcs-field-uses-not-recommended-uri-format
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