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

[Steffen Möller <steffen_moeller@gmx.de>]

Hi Ansgar,

On 08/29/2010 06:13 PM, Ansgar Burchardt wrote:

> I am not too happy about libwww-perl5.808-perl.

we were not particularly happy about it either, but
somehow lacked better ideas.

> I see several problems
> with this:

> 1. We obviously don't really want old versions of libraries,
ack. it as a single reverse depedency which has bioperl1.2.3 as a single reverse dependency which has Ensembl as a single reverse
dependency.

> 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.
we don't really need the Provides. This can go.

> 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.

Ack. We'd reupload with the "Provides" gone ... and upload to experimental since we are in the freeze.

Thanks

Steffen