Re: 'perl-modules' -> 'perl' transition
Eugene V. Lyubimkin wrote:
> Eugene V. Lyubimkin wrote:
>> Hello Release team,
>>
>> Perl maintainers are to merge the package 'perl-modules' to 'perl'.
>> Currently these packages depend on each other.
>>
>> The transition plan:
>>
>> 1) move the contents of 'perl-modules' to 'perl', leaving 'perl-modules'
>> as an empty package that depends on 'perl'
>>
>> this should not break anything in the archive, and we are going to
>> prepare experimental packages first and then upload them to sid soon,
>> are you OK with this?
Ok.
>> 2) remove the package 'perl-modules' before Squeeze entirely
>>
>> this transition part needs sourceful uploads, but is remarkably easy in
>> sense all people that used 'perl-modules' already have 'perl' installed,
>> so there is no need to keep transition package next release, plus
>> requires no intrusive changes in affected packages, just updating
>> control files
>>
>> 2.1) file the bugs on affected packages to depend and build-depend on
>> 'perl' and not on 'perl-modules' with severity normal, ~130 packages
Ok, though I think severity important is more appropriate at this stage.
>> 2.2) wait two-three months, remove 'perl-modules' from sid, bump
>> severity of non-fixed bugs to serious
Ok, though it would be good to have upgrade tests from both Lenny as
well as Sid at that moment.
>> 2.3) wait a week, prepare NMUs to all packages with still non-fixed bugs
Preparing patches can already be done earlier of course.
Cheers
Luk
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