ftpmaster: we're discussing how to handle the perl 5.18 transition and the fact that subversion 1.7.x (in sid) is ftbfs and rc-buggy and thus might block a transition. On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 22:04:30 +0200, Dominic Hargreaves wrote: > On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 03:39:15PM +0200, Julien Cristau wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 23:01:00 +0100, Dominic Hargreaves wrote: > > > > > As discussed briefly in the thread starting at > > > <http://lists.debian.org/debian-release/2013/05/msg00595.html>, > > > now seems like a good time to get the perl 5.18 transition on the > > > roadmap. > > > > As discussed today, things are looking pretty good, with subversion and > > libtemplate-perl being possible problems. I'm not sure how to handle > > subversion; having to upload perl and subversion to tpu because the sid > > version isn't suitable isn't ideal, other ideas welcome... > > Other ideas which were discussed here at Debconf include temporarily > removing libsvn-perl, and uploading the version currently in testing > to unstable again (unlikely to be acceptable I guess). > And yet another idea: ask ftp-master to copy the perl 5.18 packages from sid to tpu when they're ready, and binNMU subversion in tpu. Seems easier than my first suggestion, if ftp-master is willing to do that. Cheers, Julien
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