Quoting Niko Tyni (2015-05-24 12:10:12) > On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 01:35:50AM -0700, Ben Hutchings wrote: >> On Mon, 2014-08-25 at 16:20 -0700, Niko Tyni wrote: >>> On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 01:07:16PM -0700, Ben Hutchings wrote: >>>> As libperl5.* packages currently depend on an exact version of >>>> perl-base, coinstallation of multiple library versions is >>>> impossible. Transitions are not only a pain for developers, but >>>> users must upgrade all Perl extensions and embedding applications >>>> at the same time as the perl package. >>>> >>>> Why don't all the Perl package names include the ABI version, >>>> leaving perl as a metapackage? >>>> >>>> With linux-tools-* packages, this is particularly problematic as >>>> the older packages will never be rebuilt for the new Perl version. >>>> My inclination is to 'fix' this by removing Perl integration from >>>> perf. Please let us know whether it will be possible to fix this >>>> properly. > >>> For my part, I'm sort of interested in leaving old libperl versions >>> installable after upgrades, but I wouldn't want to be supporting >>> /usr/bin/perl5.18 and /usr/bin/perl5.20 simultaneously or even >>> having separate source packages for different Perl versions in the >>> archive at the same time. > > Hi, getting back to this old thread (and #495394, which is a similar > request): it looks like we'll be reorganizing the package setup for > Perl 5.22 so that in the future libperl5.xx and libperl5.yy will stay > coinstallable, along with the full standard library. There are still > no provisions for keeping old builds of binary ("XS") module packages > around, but it should be possible to install those modules manually > from CPAN if needed. > > New major Perl releases are made yearly in May or thereabouts, and > 5.22 is currently at the release candidate phase upstream. We expect > to get it in experimental soon, and in sid this summer. By the time > stretch is frozen I suppose we'll be at 5.24. > > As jessie was released with the old setup, this won't help > jessie->stretch upgrades, but at least things are getting better now. Ohh - this is great news! I look forward to being able to do major Debian upgrades in smaller chunks rather than being forced to upgrade all packages related to XS modules in lockstep. Enjoy Spain! - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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