As discussed several times before, we might look into removing
packages from the archive, which have RC bugs since ages with no fix
in sight.
I'm trying to compile a list of potential candidates by going over
http://pet.debian.net/pkg-perl/pet.cgi
/* Cf. also
https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/DebianPerlGroup/OpenTasks#Release-critical_bugs
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?maint=pkg-perl-maintainers%40lists.alioth.debian.org;include=tags%3Awheezy;severity=serious;severity=grave;severity=critical;exclude=tags%3Awheezy-ignore
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?tag=perl-5.20-transition;users=debian-perl@lists.debian.org
*/
libcatalyst-engine-psgi-perl
#759960: FTBFS recently
libcatalyst-plugin-email-perl
#748849: depends on removed module Email::Send
no upstream reaction: https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=86843
Popcon vote: 6
no rdeps
not in testing
libclone-fast-perl
#750229: FTBFS with 5.20
deprecated upstream etc.
Popcon vote: 2
no rdeps
not in testing
libdbd-oracle-perl
#759324: needs manual rebuilds, which are a pain
contrib, needs non-free oracle libs
Popcon vote: 42
Rdeps: 1 (ora2pg)
not in testing
libdevel-bt-perl
#721421
claimed by Niko
libgraph-writer-graphviz-perl
#755328: FTBFS again (previous: #711446)
no upstream reaction on previous bug:
https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=85950
Popcon vote: 4
no rdeps
not in testing
libinline-java-perl
#754755: FTBFS (on various architectures)
unclear upstream ticket:
https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=98683
Popcon vote: 2
Rdeps: 1 (libxml-saxon-xslt2-perl)
not in testing
libio-event-perl
#730908: FTBFS -- under heavy load?!
upstream activity but no conclusion:
https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=92200
Popcon vote: 2
Rdeps: 1 (libfile-flock-perl)
not in testing
libjavascript-packer-perl
#711629: FTBFS since 5.18
no upstream reaction: https://github.com/nevesenin/javascript-packer-perl/issues/8
Popcon vote: 7
Rdeps: 1 (webgui)
not in testing
libmakefile-parser-perl
#749357: FTBFS
recent mail by Niko
libnanomsg-raw-perl
#756350: recent FTBFS
Harlan working on it
libnet-bonjour-perl
#755317: FTBFS recently
upstream activity (Net::DNS):
https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=97361
https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=97372
libnet-dri-perl
#710954: FTBFS with 5.18
some upstream activity but no fix in sight
Popcon vote: 2
no rdeps
not in testing
libpdl-stats-perl
#752026: FTBFS on arm*
(forwarded upstream right now)
Popcon vote: 2
no rdeps
not in testing
libscalar-number-perl
#708839: FTBFS with 5.18
no upstream reaction: https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=85425
Popcon vote: 9
no rdeps
not in testing
libsereal-{en,de}coder-perl
#742409: FTBFS on s390x
upstream actively working on the issues:
https://github.com/Sereal/Sereal/issues/47
libsocialtext-resting-perl
#710993: FTBFS with 5.18
no upstream reaction: https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=81439
Popcon vote: 0
Rdeps: 1 (libsocialtext-resting-utils-perl)
not in testing
libtest-cgi-multipart-perl
#720965: FTBFS with 5.18
no upstream reaction: https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=81847
Popcon vote: 0
Rdeps: 1 (libcgi-application-plugin-ajaxupload-perl)
not in testing
libvideo-fourcc-info-perl
#759966: recent FBTFS
not sure if this in in this module or in Package::Stash::PP
no upstream reply so far on
https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=98474
librdf-helper-perl
#710983: FTBFS with 5.18
newer version in git fails as well
no upstream reaction: https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=72636
Popcon vote: 1
no rdeps
not in testing
Let the bug fixing and removal campaign begin :)
Cheers,
gregor
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