Bug#692305: libtest-simple-perl: superseded by perl, remove from wheezy?
Package: libtest-simple-perl
Version: 0.98-1
x-debbugs-cc: debian-perl@lists.debian.org
The Perl core packages contain the same version of Test::Simple as this
package, so ideally we shouldn't ship this duplicate code in wheezy.
I count 19 packages in sid that have a problematic build dependency
on this package. This includes unconditional versioned dependencies like
sd: libtest-simple-perl (>= 0.82)
and conditional ones where the first alternative is not the perl package:
libdata-optlist-perl: libtest-simple-perl (>= 0.96) | perl (>= 5.13.4)
The libtest-pod-no404s-perl package is the only one with a problematic
dependency in a binary package.
These 19 packages would need to be fixed to read
perl (>= xxx) | libtest-simple-perl (>= yyy)
before libtest-simple-perl could be removed from wheezy. I'm not sure
this is worth the effort and will not pursue it myself, but cc'ing the
debian-perl list in case somebody else feels like picking this up.
FWIW, all but the 'sd' package are maintained by the pkg-perl group.
See also
http://lintian.debian.org/tags/versioned-dependency-satisfied-by-perl.html
http://lintian.debian.org/tags/package-superseded-by-perl.html
% grep-dctrl -r -FBuild-Depends,Build-Depends-Indep 'libtest-simple-perl *(' /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.fi.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_main_source_Sources | grep-dctrl -n -sPackage -r -v -FBuild-Depends,Build-Depends-Indep ') *| * libtest-simple-perl'
libdata-optlist-perl
libdata-section-perl
libdatetime-format-dbi-perl
libdist-zilla-plugin-run-perl
libhtml-format-perl
libhttp-parser-xs-perl
liblog-dispatchouli-perl
libmoosex-oneargnew-perl
libmoosex-setonce-perl
libnet-akamai-perl
libparse-mediawikidump-perl
libpod-elemental-perlmunger-perl
libstring-errf-perl
libsub-exporter-globexporter-perl
libsyntax-keyword-gather-perl
libtemplate-plugin-clickable-perl
libtest-http-server-simple-perl
libtest-pod-no404s-perl
sd
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Niko Tyni ntyni@debian.org
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