Bug#924143: www.debian.org: debian.org metapackage: add dependency for Locale::Codes

["Adam D. Barratt" <adam@adam-barratt.org.uk>]

On Sat, 2019-03-09 at 22:09 +0100, Cyril Brulebois wrote:
> When building on buster, the Perl upgrade changes at least one thing:
> one needs to install an extra package to get the Locale::Codes
> module.
> It used to be shipped under perl-modules, but now has its own
> separate package.
> 
> In stretch, it's provided by:
>   perl-modules
>   perl-modules-5.24
> 
> In testing/sid, it's shipped in:
>   liblocale-codes-perl | 3.59-1        | testing    | source, all
>   liblocale-codes-perl | 3.60-1        | unstable   | source, all
> 
> so it looks to me the debian.org metapackage could gain a dependency
> like the following, to ensure the extra package gets installed when
> moving to buster?
> 
>   liblocale-codes-perl | perl-modules-5.24
> 
> which should be installable in stretch and allowing a transition to
> the real package (liblocale-codes-perl) when the host gets dist
> upgraded to buster?

FWIW, perl-modules-5.24 Provides: liblocale-codes-perl, so unless
anything requires a versioned dependency during the upgrade process a
simple dependency on libl-c-p should be sufficient.

Regards,

Adam