Bug#899021: libembperl-perl: FTBFS with Perl 5.27, unmaintained upstream
Source: libembperl-perl
Version: 2.5.0-11
Severity: serious
Justification: unmaintained upstream, and will shortly break in Debian
X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-perl@lists.debian.org
User: debian-perl@lists.debian.org
Usertags: perl-5.28-transition hh2018
The upstream version of this package has not worked since 5.18, and we
have had to apply several fixes in Debian since. The build has now
broken again with Perl 5.27:
http://perl.debian.net/rebuild-logs/perl-5.27-throwaway/libembperl-perl_2.5.0-11/libembperl-perl_2.5.0-11_amd64-2018-05-18T08:09:28Z.build
The problem in this case might not be that hard to fix, but I have
been consisdering deprecating/removing this for some time, as there is
a limit to how long we can be de facto upstream for this type of
package.
Currently the package has a popcon of inst: 37 / vote: 22 / recent: 1
suggesting that it is barely used anywhere. So I suggest that rather than
spending any more time maintaining it, we remove it from Debian.
CC to debian-perl to get wider exposure of the proposal.
Cheers,
Dominic.
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