-=| gregor herrmann, 20.12.2014 16:49:27 +0100 |=- > On Sat, 20 Dec 2014 14:34:29 +0100, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > > > Let's drop libcatalyst-modules-perl from testing and unstable. > > > > Last package needing libcatalyst-modules-perl was > > libcatalyst-authentication-credential-http-perl which is now fixed and > > the fix accepted into testing. > [..] > > Any reason not to drop libcatalyst-modules-perl? > > As I understand it, the idea was to keep it as metapackage that pulls > in the now separately packaged parts on upgrades. > Otherwise people upgrading to jessie will probably have quite broken > catalyst applications until they find out which packages they need to > install now separately instead of the bundled old > libcatalyst-modules-perl. > > Dam might have more thoughts on history and future of this package. The above is my understanding as well. Less surprising upgrade to Jessie is the reason for libcatalyst-modules-perl and libcatalyst-modules-extra-perl packages to stay until Jessie is out. The idea is to have an additional safety net for usages of catalyst that not necessarily pass via 100% Debian packages software. -- dam
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