On Sat, Oct 27, 2012 at 07:52:17PM +0100, Adam D. Barratt wrote: > Control: tags -1 + confirmed > > On Mon, 2012-10-22 at 21:45 +0300, Niko Tyni wrote: > > Upstream recently released 5.14.3, which is a bugfix only stable > > update. We're assuming that importing this into wheezy is out of question > > at this point, but please let us know if you'd be willing to entertain > > that option. The upstream rules for stable updates are quite strict; > > see the 'MAINTENANCE BRANCHES' section in perlpolicy(1) of the perl-doc > > package for details. > > In principle it doesn't sound entirely unreasonable, but I'd like a > little more information as to the specific fixes included.
Hi Adam, Niko posted a summary of 5.14.3 changes at http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/perl-maintainers/2012-October/003321.html taking some snippets from that, the changes not in Niko's 5.14.2-15 proposal which would be added by importing 5.14.3 are: - Module::CoreList has been updated to version 2.49_04 to add data for this release. - In Configure, the test for procselfexe was refactored into a loop. - Linux: libutil is no longer used when compiling on Linux platforms, which avoids warnings being emitted. (already fixed in a different way in Debian) - Linux: The system gcc (rather than any other gcc which might be in the compiling user's path) is now used when searching for libraries such as "-lm". - The sitecustomize support was made relocatableinc aware, so that -Dusesitecustomize and -Duserelocatableinc may be used together. and some platform specific fixes for non-Debian platforms: - FreeBSD: The FreeBSD hints file was corrected to be compatible with FreeBSD 10.0. - Solaris and NetBSD: Configure was updated for "procselfexe" support on Solaris and NetBSD. - HP-UX: README.hpux was updated to note the existence of a broken header in HP-UX 11.00. - Mac OS X: The locale tests were updated to reflect the behaviour of locales in Mountain Lion. - NetBSD: The NetBSD hints file was corrected to be compatible with NetBSD 6.* Moving to 5.14.3 would have the advantage that it will reduce Debian's patch count and therefore make later analysis and patch management/triage a bit easier; it will need to be accompanied by a new libmodule-corelist-perl package for consistency. I'm not aware at this stage of any other external changes needed. The upstream full changelog is at <https://metacpan.org/module/DOM/perl-5.14.3/pod/perldelta.pod> Dominic. -- Dominic Hargreaves | http://www.larted.org.uk/~dom/ PGP key 5178E2A5 from the.earth.li (keyserver,web,email) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
