Re: how to handle newer versions of the modules in perl-modules?
Stephen Zander (gibreel@debian.org) wrote:
> >>>>> "Ardo" == Ardo van Rangelrooij <ardo@debian.org> writes:
> Ardo> I don't see a reason why not. From a source tarball one
> Ardo> could create a seperate binary package for each module and
> Ardo> have 'perl-modules' then depend on all of them. From a
> Ardo> package bloat point of view this is not what we want to do,
> Ardo> but it is possible.
>
> Why? That's a horrendous amount of pointless work for *no gain*. I
> suggest you go familiarise yourself with how perl (the distribution
> not the language) works. Upstream have gone to great lengths to avoid
> exactly what you're proposing.
I'm only talking about the technical possibility from a purely packaging
point of view. Given a source tarball we can do anything. But then I'm
disregarding the amount of work and the package bloat. Because of those
two reasons we don't want to do something like this.
> Ardo> Ok, I'll look into that.
>
> If you choose not to package Test::Harness yourself, I'm happy to do
> it for you. I already have quite a collection of perl packages; one
> more is nothing.
My perl packages count currently is 58, so I think I can manage packaging
Test::Harness. ;-)
> Ardo> One potential issue I see is that in the long run
> Ardo> 'perl-modules' gets a long 'Conflict/Provides/Replaces'
> Ardo> list. But let's cross that bridge when it comes to that.
>
> Again, no. lib*-perl packages have *no reason* to interact with
> perl-modules & vice versa. There are no diversion, no alternatives
> and no 'Conflicts/Repplaces/Depends' required. It is even possible to
> install modules locally, by hand yourself without fear or trepidation.
> Read the perl policy & become enlightened (a hint: consider the output
> of perl -V).
Ah, stupid. I completely forgot that the core stuff is put in different
directories than the seperate modules. Indeed, no worries here. :-)
> Ardo> Another potential issue is that a newer version might break
> Ardo> the API of a particular module.
>
> That is possible and the eaiest answer is packages that break in the
> face of ABI changes adjust to the ABI change and 'Depend' on the
> lib*-perl package because these ABI changes will, eventually, make
> their way into perl-modules. It will just take a new upstream
> release.
Ok, no real worries here either.
Thanks,
Ardo
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