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Re: Deletion of unstable Glib 1.25x series files from CPAN



On Mon, Apr 09, 2012 at 06:37:42PM +0200, intrigeri wrote:
> Hi,

Hi,

> due to a wrong version choice by upstream, Glib 1.25x appear as stable
> releases on CPAN; hence, we have 2:1.251-1 in sid and wheezy.
> 
> Upstream made it clear yesterday that the "1.25x series is an unstable
> series, and not meant for production use", and will fix that confusing
> situation real soon now by removing the wrongly versioned files from
> CPAN [1].
> 
> Therefore, it looks like we should upload to unstable the current
> stable release of Glib (1.242) with a bumped epoch. That means
> actually downgrading the code we ship (no API change as far as I can
> tell by reading the NEWS file).
> 
> What do you think?
> 
> [1] https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gtk-perl-list/2012-April/msg00003.html

Is there any ETA for the next stable release, possibly before the freeze? So
that we can avoid going back and then forward again with the packaged version.

Anyway I'm fine with reverting to the previous stable release.

Cheers

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