Bug#593568: ITP: libwww-perl5.808-perl -- version 5.808 of libwww-perl

[Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar@43-1.org>]

Hi,

I am not too happy about libwww-perl5.808-perl.  I see several problems
with this:

1. We obviously don't really want old versions of libraries,
2. This package provides and conflicts with libwww-perl, that means
2a. packages with versioned dependencies on libwww-perl will not be
   co-installable with this package (this includes libbio-das-lite-perl
   as well which I think is related to Ensemble/BioPerl and in NEW as
   well).
2b. might break packages that have an unversioned dependency on
   libwww-perl, but expect a newer version.
As libwww-perl has many reverse dependencies (> 200 direct rdeps) this
seems likely to me; I did not investigate how many packages have
versioned dependencies on libwww-perl.

Regards,
Ansgar