Re: Bug#840094: blends-dev: Does not recognize multiline dependencies
Hi Bas,
Bas Couwenberg <sebastic@xs4all.nl> writes:
> On 2016-11-10 08:56, Ole Streicher wrote:
>> I am ready to test and also to fix; however my know-how ends here. I
>> don't know what is wrong with the fix.
>>
>> Just wondering, and starting to really get worried: None of the
>> debian-blends maintainers has enough Perl knowledge to fix this? If we
>> all do not know Perl, why do we use that language in one of our central
>> tools? That sounds to me even more RC than the bug itself...
>
> I know Perl quite well, but haven't tried your patch as I don't think
> it needs to fixed now.
As I wrote: there is a danger that a blend uses RFC822 style
continuation lines and silently gets bad metapackages. I had the
problem, nothing warned me, it was just luck that I discovered it. How
sure are we that I am the only one? Do you really think this shouldn't
be fixed before stretch?
Come on, we speak about a four-line change of in the code here. Have a
look please. It is not a sophisticated code here with many hidden traps,
it is just usual §$%&/-Perl-stuff, which makes it difficult to fix for a
strawman like me, but should be simple for an expert like you. Probably
takes less time than the whole discussion here.
Best regards
Ole
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