Re: Bug#830200: transition: perl
On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 00:34:15 +0200, Emilio Pozuelo Monfort wrote:
> Control: tags -1 confirmed
>
> Hi Dom!
>
> On 19/09/16 17:52, Dominic Hargreaves wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 11:13:04AM +0100, Dominic Hargreaves wrote:
> >> On Thu, Jul 07, 2016 at 12:55:34PM +0200, Niko Tyni wrote:
> >>> We'd like to have Perl 5.24 in stretch.
> >
> >> I'd like to propose that we upload perl 5.24 to unstable next week.
> >> There are a few things left to deal with and I've just updated the blocker
> >> list. I think they can all be either fixed in a week or removed,
> >> with the possible exception of graphicsmagick which was a new FTBFS
> >> which has popped up only on ppc64el.
> >>
> >> #825524: liblexical-underscore-perl - there is a patch available
> >> #834249: openbabel - there is a patch available
> >> #825012: libalgorithm-permute-perl - no rdeps, to remove
> >> #825231: libdevel-beginlift-perl - no rdeps, to remove
> >> #837719: graphicsmagick - new issue, may need to wait or push for hacky fix?
> >> #825762: libtext-sprintfn-perl - fixed upstream
> >> #834800: libkavorka-perl - one rdep libmoops-perl, both can be removed
> >
> > These are nearly all sorted now - just openbabel to hit sid (in
> > DELAYED at the moment) and the other three blockers to be removed
> > from testing when the time comes. Thanks as ever to those who worked on
> > these issues.
> >
> > Release team, are we in a position to upload in the next day or two
> > or do we need to wait for a better time?
>
> I wanted to get openmpi done, and that's happened today. So, let's start this!
>
It actually only almost happened. So maybe hold this for a bit.
Cheers,
Julien
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