Re: Proposed removal of arch-perl (libarch-perl)

2010-03-09 Thread Mikhael Goikhman
On 09 Mar 2010 12:33:44 +0100, Alex Muntada wrote: > > + Mikhael Goikhman : > > > I think README gives a handful of hints about the package. Anyway, in > > the devel branch (managed under tla, that is mentioned in README too) > > all tests should now pass even without tla or baz installed. > > I.

Re: Proposed removal of arch-perl (libarch-perl)

2010-03-09 Thread Alex Muntada
+ Mikhael Goikhman : > I think README gives a handful of hints about the package. Anyway, in > the devel branch (managed under tla, that is mentioned in README too) > all tests should now pass even without tla or baz installed. > I.e.:  TLA=/bin/false make test IIRC, having Makefile.PL exit a non

Re: Proposed removal of arch-perl (libarch-perl)

2010-03-07 Thread Mikhael Goikhman
On 07 Mar 2010 18:19:48 -0500, Jonathan Yu wrote: > > I'm really embarrassed now, for not having asked you about this issue > first. I'll take a look at fixing the libarch-perl package > immediately, and look into adopting the other related packages based > on it (assuming they are Perl code). >

Re: Proposed removal of arch-perl (libarch-perl)

2010-03-07 Thread Mikhael Goikhman
On 07 Mar 2010 16:17:56 -0500, Jonathan Yu wrote: > > On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 3:14 PM, Clint Adams wrote: > > Have you asked upstream? > > Actually, no I haven't, since given the number of test failures on > CPAN Testers (pretty much 100% are FAILs), I assumed the the author > was already aware o

Re: Proposed removal of arch-perl (libarch-perl)

2010-03-07 Thread Jonathan Yu
Mikhael, I'm really embarrassed now, for not having asked you about this issue first. I'll take a look at fixing the libarch-perl package immediately, and look into adopting the other related packages based on it (assuming they are Perl code). Perhaps something you can consider doing is having te

Re: Proposed removal of arch-perl (libarch-perl)

2010-03-07 Thread Christian Kuelker
Hi, Jonathan Yu wrote: On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 3:14 PM, Clint Adams wrote: Have you asked upstream? Actually, no I haven't, since given the number of test failures on CPAN Testers (pretty much 100% are FAILs), I assumed the the author was already aware of the problem. On second thought, thoug

Re: Proposed removal of arch-perl (libarch-perl)

2010-03-07 Thread Jonathan Yu
Clint, On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 3:14 PM, Clint Adams wrote: > Have you asked upstream? Actually, no I haven't, since given the number of test failures on CPAN Testers (pretty much 100% are FAILs), I assumed the the author was already aware of the problem. On second thought, though, you're right --

Re: Proposed removal of arch-perl (libarch-perl)

2010-03-07 Thread Clint Adams
On Sun, Mar 07, 2010 at 01:06:13PM -0500, Jonathan Yu wrote: > Recently I've been working on adopting the arch-perl package under the > Debian Perl Group's umbrella. However, there are now some test > failures (which didn't surface before because tests were simply > disabled). So, long story short,

Re: Proposed removal of arch-perl (libarch-perl)

2010-03-07 Thread gregor herrmann
On Sun, 07 Mar 2010 13:06:13 -0500, Jonathan Yu wrote: > 2. popcon score - see > http://qa.debian.org/popcon.php?package=arch-perl - does not appear > helpful. It has 0 all across, despite hundreds of submitters according > to the graph. The page for the binary package seems more helpful, at leas

Re: Proposed removal of arch-perl (libarch-perl)

2010-03-07 Thread Emilio Pozuelo Monfort
On 07/03/10 19:06, Jonathan Yu wrote: > Who is using arch-perl? > > 1. It has many reverse-dependencies > Reverse Depends: > axp > archzoom > archway > axp > archzoom > archway Well, those are repeated so they are not that many. Maybe you can remove those three packages together with