Re: Removing libsocket-perl?

[intrigeri <intrigeri@debian.org>]

Hi,

gregor herrmann wrote (30 Apr 2015 13:59:36 GMT) :
> On Thu, 30 Apr 2015 11:10:26 +0200, intrigeri wrote:

>> According to:
>>   ssh mirror.ftp-master.debian.org "dak rm -Rn libsocket-perl"
>> ... nothing depends on it anymore. Thus, I'd like to request its
>> removal from unstable. Any objection?

> Hm, the question is, as for all our dual-lived modules, if we can be
> sure that no other package will need a newer Socket.pm than the one
> in perl core.

OK. So, let's keep it. Who wants to be in the Uploaders field, then?
I don't need the non-core version of this module anymore, so I'd like
to remove myself from there.

> And there seem to be some (b)deps (maybe alternatives? Haven't
> checked … Still, with dak rm I get the same results):

> % reverse-depends libsocket-perl
> Reverse-Recommends
> ==================
> * libio-socket-ssl-perl

That's an alternative with perl (>= 5.15.6) listed first.

> * nagios-plugins-contrib

No alternative. Might date from back when it wasn't in core.

> Reverse-Depends
> ===============
> * libio-async-perl

Alternative with perl (>= 5.17.8) listed first.

> * libio-socket-ip-perl

Alternative with perl-base (>= 5.15.6) listed first.

> * libpoe-component-client-http-perl

Alternative with perl (>= 5.16.0) listed last.

> % reverse-depends -b libsocket-perl 
> Reverse-Build-Depends-Indep
> ===========================
> * libio-async-perl
> * libio-socket-ip-perl
> * libio-socket-ssl-perl
> * libpoe-component-client-http-perl

All these are the same as the corresponding runtime deps.

Cheers,
-- 
intrigeri