Bug#505185: ITP: libweakref-perl -- API to the Perl weak references

To: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
Cc: 505185@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Bug#505185: ITP: libweakref-perl -- API to the Perl weak references
From: Dominique Dumont <dominique.dumont@hp.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:30:54 +0100
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Reply-to: Dominique Dumont <dominique.dumont@hp.com>, 505185@bugs.debian.org
In-reply-to: <[🔎] 20081110104931.6586.30475.reportbug@anx159.gsc.riken.jp> (Charles Plessy's message of "Mon\, 10 Nov 2008 19\:49\:31 +0900")
References: <[🔎] 20081110104931.6586.30475.reportbug@anx159.gsc.riken.jp>

Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org> writes:

> This is a dependancy of libace-perl (ITP #468760), which is a dependancy of
> BioPerl.
>
> Is the Debian Perl group interested in hosting this package? Otherwise we will
> host it in Debian Med.

WeakRef is obsolete.

The weaken and isweak functions are now provided by Scalar::Util which
is part of core perl since perl 5.007003.

Debian Med programmers should change "use WeakRef" to something like
"use Scalar::Util qw/weaken/".

All the best

-- 
Dominique Dumont 
"Delivering successful solutions requires giving people what they
need, not what they want." Kurt Bittner

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