Hi, Dominic Hargreaves wrote: > On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 02:42:17PM -0500, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
>> I would like to test perl 5.16, but linux-base depends on libuuid-perl >> which depends on perlapi-5.14.2. >> >> Now I can build libuuid-perl privately (and I have done exactly that), >> but others in this situation might benefit from a pre-built binary in >> experimental. How about this patch? > > I advise against doing this - the perl packages in experimental are > liable to change without notice and coordinating binary rebuilds of > packages against perlapi-5.16 into experimental is not where we want > to be. In general you'd end up filing hundreds of these wishlist bugs. True, there's a slippery slope there, but I really was proposing maintaining exactly one (libuuid-perl) this way. Anything else can be easily rebuilt after upgrading perl by temporarily removing packages, even on a system without a build chroot. Removing the kernel, on the other hand, even temporarily, is not a good idea. Thanks, and hoping that clarifies, Jonathan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
