Re: Perl 5.005 package
Darren/Torin/Who Ever... wrote:
> Richard Braakman, in an immanent manifestation of deity, wrote:
> >Umm... but what's the upgrade plan? Assume everything has been recompiled
> >that needs to be. Won't perl 5.005 still break the system when it's
> >installed? How will it pull in the new modules?
>
> Yes, it will breaks lots of things. Anything that has any XS components
> needs to be recompiled. They should depend on the package perl5.005.
> This will actually be a virtual package so that versioned dependencies
> will still work with (perl >= 5.005.04). This dependency will still
> work when perl5.006 comes out. This was discussed I think back in
> December but the refresh is good.
I think you're missing Richard's point. What happens when some user upgrades
from 2.1 to potato, once potato is released? If perl is upgraded first, it's
going to leave all the module packages in an unusable state until they're
upgraded too. Debian makes a promise of not only easy and safe
upgradability, but safe partial upgradability, and it sounds like the new
perl packages don't live up to that promise.
(Note that breakage aside, I've ben waiting for perl 5.005 forever and am
going to be very happy to see it uploaded. Threads!!)
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