Bug#580034: perl: module deprecations in 5.12.0

2010-06-04 Thread Dominic Hargreaves
On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 10:19:56PM +0300, Niko Tyni wrote: > On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 04:54:00PM +0100, Dominic Hargreaves wrote: > > > Filing the RC bugs would be worthwhile, as long as we have a sure way > > of remembering to close them at the right point. I guess perl 5.12 > > itself would be ke

Bug#580034: perl: module deprecations in 5.12.0

2010-05-25 Thread Niko Tyni
On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 04:54:00PM +0100, Dominic Hargreaves wrote: > Filing the RC bugs would be worthwhile, as long as we have a sure way > of remembering to close them at the right point. I guess perl 5.12 > itself would be kept out of testing because of such RC bugs since it > recommends them.

Bug#580034: perl: module deprecations in 5.12.0

2010-05-25 Thread Niko Tyni
On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 03:04:09PM +0100, Dominic Hargreaves wrote: > Now that libclass-isa-perl, libswitch-perl, libpod-plainer-perl are > in unstable, we should let affected maintainers know. I'll send a > dd-list of this, with an explanation of the issue, to debian-devel > shortly. I think we'r

Bug#580034: perl: module deprecations in 5.12.0

2010-05-25 Thread Dominic Hargreaves
On Fri, May 07, 2010 at 04:54:52PM +0300, Niko Tyni wrote: > It turns out the lintian lab is accessible at lintian.d.o but doesn't > have unpacked source packages. > > So I did it myself and grepped through 3394 unpacked source packages > (those that build depend on perl, or produce binary package

Bug#580034: perl: module deprecations in 5.12.0

2010-05-18 Thread Niko Tyni
On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 02:36:48PM +0300, Niko Tyni wrote: > On Mon, May 03, 2010 at 12:26:43PM +0300, Niko Tyni wrote: > > > Class::ISA will be removed from the Perl core distribution in the next > > major release. Please install it from CPAN. It is being used at -e, line 1. > > > The modules

Bug#580034: perl: module deprecations in 5.12.0

2010-05-17 Thread Niko Tyni
On Mon, May 03, 2010 at 12:26:43PM +0300, Niko Tyni wrote: > Class::ISA will be removed from the Perl core distribution in the next major > release. Please install it from CPAN. It is being used at -e, line 1. > The modules being deprecated from the core are (from perl5120delta.pod): > > Cla

Bug#580034: perl: module deprecations in 5.12.0

2010-05-12 Thread Dominic Hargreaves
On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 10:48:30AM +0100, Dominic Hargreaves wrote: > On Fri, May 07, 2010 at 04:54:52PM +0300, Niko Tyni wrote: > > > It turns out the lintian lab is accessible at lintian.d.o but doesn't > > have unpacked source packages. > > > > So I did it myself and grepped through 3394 unpac

Bug#580034: perl: module deprecations in 5.12.0

2010-05-10 Thread Dominic Hargreaves
On Fri, May 07, 2010 at 04:54:52PM +0300, Niko Tyni wrote: > It turns out the lintian lab is accessible at lintian.d.o but doesn't > have unpacked source packages. > > So I did it myself and grepped through 3394 unpacked source packages > (those that build depend on perl, or produce binary packag

Bug#580034: perl: module deprecations in 5.12.0

2010-05-07 Thread Niko Tyni
On Thu, May 06, 2010 at 11:37:26PM +0300, Niko Tyni wrote: > On Tue, May 04, 2010 at 01:59:55PM +0100, Dominic Hargreaves wrote: > > Indeed. Instinct tells me we shouldn't bother packaging Shell or > > Pod::Plainer, and possibly not Switch either (a quick inspection reveals > > that it's only used

Bug#580034: perl: module deprecations in 5.12.0

2010-05-06 Thread Niko Tyni
On Tue, May 04, 2010 at 01:59:55PM +0100, Dominic Hargreaves wrote: > On Mon, May 03, 2010 at 10:57:23PM +0300, Niko Tyni wrote: > > On Mon, May 03, 2010 at 11:52:21AM +0100, Dominic Hargreaves wrote: > > > We should also try and file bugs against packages using these modules, > > > if we can, onc

Bug#580034: perl: module deprecations in 5.12.0

2010-05-04 Thread Dominic Hargreaves
On Mon, May 03, 2010 at 10:57:23PM +0300, Niko Tyni wrote: > On Mon, May 03, 2010 at 11:52:21AM +0100, Dominic Hargreaves wrote: > > > I think I prefer B - it should make the transition less painful in the > > long run. > > That one is also fine by me. > > > We should also try and file bugs aga

Bug#580034: perl: module deprecations in 5.12.0

2010-05-03 Thread Niko Tyni
On Mon, May 03, 2010 at 11:52:21AM +0100, Dominic Hargreaves wrote: > I think I prefer B - it should make the transition less painful in the > long run. That one is also fine by me. > We should also try and file bugs against packages using these modules, > if we can, once the separate packages

Bug#580034: perl: module deprecations in 5.12.0

2010-05-03 Thread Dominic Hargreaves
On Mon, May 03, 2010 at 12:26:43PM +0300, Niko Tyni wrote: > We need to decide what to do with the module deprecations in 5.12.0. > > $ perl -w -e 'use Class::ISA' > Class::ISA will be removed from the Perl core distribution in the next major > release. Please install it from CPAN. It is being

Bug#580034: perl: module deprecations in 5.12.0

2010-05-03 Thread Niko Tyni
Package: perl Version: 5.12.0-1 User: debian-p...@lists.debian.org Usertags: perl-5.12-transition X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-p...@lists.debian.org We need to decide what to do with the module deprecations in 5.12.0. $ perl -w -e 'use Class::ISA' Class::ISA will be removed from the Perl core distribut