Bug#866389: transition: perl 5.26
On Thu, Jun 29, 2017 at 03:07:39PM +0300, Niko Tyni wrote:
> Package: release.debian.org
> User: release.debian.org@packages.debian.org
> Usertags: transition
> X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-perl@lists.debian.org
>
> We'd like to get Perl 5.26 in sid/buster soonish.
>
> As usual, we've done test rebuilds of packages build dependending on perl.
> Things are looking pretty good. Known issues are at
>
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?tag=perl-5.26-transition;users=debian-perl@lists.debian.org
>
> and should be marked as blockers of this bug next.
Previously we only used blockers to track FTBFS in packages needing
binNMUing - so far I have just added those. I think it probably makes
sense to keep with that, as the above link give you the full picture
when needed.
> We'll ping this bug when things are ready, but please let us know if
> you have any preference about the timing.
Indeed, it might be worth having debconf as a target?
> It might be prudent to decouple the move to versioned Provides (see
> #758100 and the thread at [1]) from the rest of the transition and do
> it with 5.24 in sid first. I hope to have time for that next week.
>
> [1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2017/06/msg00236.html
+1 to that!
Cheers,
Dominic.
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