Bug#821208: (mini)transition: perl 5.22.2
Control: tags -1 confirmed
On 16/04/16 19:36, Niko Tyni wrote:
> Package: release.debian.org
> Severity: normal
> User: release.debian.org@packages.debian.org
> Usertags: transition
>
> Perl 5.22.2 is to be released on Sunday 24th April or so.
> A release candidate is currently in experimental. This
> is a stable update with just bugfix changes, see
> http://perldoc.perl.org/perlpolicy.html#MAINTENANCE-BRANCHES for the
> upstream policy.
>
> As usual with a Perl minor release, four packages will need a binNMU:
> libpar-packer-perl
> libdevel-cover-perl
> libclass-xsaccessor-perl
> libcommon-sense-perl
>
> Also, libmodule-corelist-perl and libperl-apireference-perl will need
> sourceful uploads. I'll take care of the former unless somebody in
> pkg-perl beats me to it. The latter will start to FTBFS until upstream
> adds support for 5.22.2, but it can be removed from testing temporarily
> if necessary.
>
> As you can see, this is a very small transition. Please let us know if
> we can upload to unstable straight away when 5.22.2 is released, or if
> we should hold off for some reason.
You can just go ahead. Thanks.
Cheers,
Emilio
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