Hello, On Sun 28 Aug 2022 at 09:28PM -05, Daniel Lewart wrote:
> Package: ftp.debian.org > Severity: normal > User: ftp.debian....@packages.debian.org > Usertags: override > X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-b...@lists.debian.org, p...@packages.debian.org > > Debian FTP Master(s) and Niko, > > Currently, perl-modules-5.34 and perl-modules-5.36 are libs/standard. > > However, Debian Policy 2.5 Priorities: > https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-archive.html#priorities > states: > "In particular, this means that C-like libraries will almost > never have a priority above optional, since they do not provide > functionality directly to users." > > Since perl-modules-5.xx are not standalone packages and are in > Section:libs, I consider this Policy to apply to them. > > Please change perl-modules-5.34 and perl-modules-5.36 from: > * Priority: standard > to: > * Priority: optional > > perl 5.34.0 is Priority:standard" and Depends on perl-modules-5.34. > perl 5.36.0 is Priority:standard" and Depends on perl-modules-5.36. > Therefore, perl-modules-5.xx will still be pulled into Standard systems. Can someone from the Perl team speak to this request, please? -- Sean Whitton
