reassign 550171 ftp.debian.org severity 550171 normal retitle 550171 RM: podlators-perl -- RoM; obsoleted by Perl 5.10.1 thanks
On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 02:47:24PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > Niko Tyni <nt...@debian.org> writes: > > > The Perl 5.10.1 packages conflict with podlators-perl (<= 2.2.2-1) > > because the core version is an improvement over this one, see > > > > > http://patch-tracker.debian.org/patch/series/view/perl/5.10.1-5/fixes/pod2man-index-backslash.diff > > > This means that the podlators-perl is currently uninstallable in sid > > and there isn't much point in updating it. > > > Given the upstream release rate has slowed down, I suppose there isn't > > much point in having a separate package in Debian at all. Therefore I'm > > inclined to turn this into a removal request from sid. In any case it > > should be removed from squeeze so as not to block the testing transition > > of the perl package. > > > Russ (cc'd explicitly): please let me know what you think. > > I have no objections. There will be a new release shortly, but I'm not > sure if I'm going to get it done this week before I go on vacation, so > shortly may be sometime in November. > > The new release at this point only incorporates fixes that I think you > already have applied to the core version. OK, thanks. Let's go for the removal then. -- Niko Tyni nt...@debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
