Re: Bug#867104: wanna-build issue with src:perl versioned Provides

[Ralf Treinen <treinen@free.fr>]

Hello,

On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 07:30:22PM +0300, Niko Tyni wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 04:16:25PM +0200, Mattia Rizzolo wrote:
> > On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 03:15:14PM +0200, Aurelien Jarno wrote:
> > > > 1. upload to stretch, upgrade wuiet to stretch
> > > 
> > > I plan to upgrade wuiet to stretch during debconf, but not before. Note
> > > anyway that going through stretch means waiting for the next point
> > > release.
> > 
> > I don't believe waiting for the next point release would be so bad
> > anyway.  It probably means less than 2 months, this change waited for
> > quite longer…
> > Also, couldn't you install it from stretch-pu?
> > 
> > > > 3. upload to stretch-bpo, upgrade wuiet to stretch
> > > 
> > > That also works and might be faster. It means we need to try to keep as
> > > much as possible the interface unchanged to not get any breakage.
> > 
> > That, and it would need be kept up to date in backports to comply with
> > backport's rules.
> > 
> > 
> > Overall I think that 1 is the best choice for everything, but then it
> > comes down to Ralf's willingness to take out the fixing commit and to a
> > stable update (and RM acceptance of it), and pkg-perl's willingness to
> > wait for the next point release.
> 
> Oh, we aren't in any particular hurry though I'd obviously like it to
> happen early enough for buster :) There's also #867081 to fix before we
> can reinstate the versioned Provides in perl anyway.

OK, I will go for the next stretch point release. Cheers -Ralf.