PERL MAINTAINERS SUCK - COMPLETE MORONS
Package: perl-5.6
Severity: critical
Scenario: Install new machine with potato. Configure all packages that come
with a default minimal install. Run dpkg --get-selections on a working
half-potato/half-sid machine. Run dpkg --set-selections on the new
machine. apt-get dselect-upgrade. perl goes blam.
Perl 5.6 gets installed, removes alternative support. Then perl 5.004 gets
installed, reinstates alternatives.
THIS IS BROKEN. AT THIS POINT, USERS CAN NOT UPGRADE FROM POTATO TO ANYTHING
THAT CONTAINS PERL 5.6.
Can we please oust the current perl maintainer(s)? They don't care about the
state of their packages. There is even an existing bug(with patch, has
existed for 143 days) to fix a removal of /usr/local/lib during remove.
ANY package that is needed by the packaging system(and this does not only
include dpkg support scripts, but debconf, and some maintainer scripts,
including adduser) <b><i><blink>NEEDS TO NOT BREAK PERIOD.</blink></i></b>
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