Re: attempt at using most perl modules
On Sat, Apr 21, 2018 at 01:52:38PM +0200, Helmut Grohne wrote:
> I recently stumbled into a broken Python module and figured that I'd
> want to know how much of Python was broken. This has resulted in ~230 rc
> bugs for Python modules that fail to import.
>
> Now since I had the tooling at hand, I ran it for perl as well. That
> results in the attached use-perl.txt covering 88 perl -e "use
> $something" failures. This number is far lower than what I've seen for
> Python and a testament of your QA. It also includes false positives. For
> instance libalt-base-perl looks like a false positive to me.
>
> I'm not interested in doing a MBF nor in dissecting the resuts. So I
> simply attach what I have and hope that the analysis is useful to you.
Thanks! I've taken the package list to
https://gobby.debian.org/export/Teams/Perl/use-failures
infinote://gobby.debian.org/Teams/Perl/use-failures
and will look at these case by case and file bugs where appropriate.
Help is welcome of course.
--
Niko
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