On Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 11:38:10PM +0100, Adeodato Simó wrote: > * Niko Tyni [Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:42:35 +0300]: > > > Release team: is there any chance to still get the newer Pod::Man and > > friends into lenny as a new package? The 'pod2man --utf8' functionality > > would fix #480997 and #492037, and there are also bugfixes for #448204 > > and #480565 included. > > > Alternatively, would you consider a corresponding patch for the perl > > package for inclusion into lenny? As noted in #480997, turning UTF8 into > > "X"s is a regression from 5.8.8, although it was relying on undefined > > behaviour. > > What's the size for that patch to perl? I think UTF-8 should be well > supported, and regressions wrt Etch would be best avoided, yes.
Running diffstat on the two perl core upstream changes that update podlators-2.0.6 to podlators-2.1.2 gives 23 files changed, 460 insertions(+), 194 deletions(-) but as Russ noted, much of that is new test cases and the like. I'm a bit out of sync in the discussion because of some trouble with lists.debian.org accepting my mails. I already sent last night a request for a freeze exception for the new separate podlators-perl package as I hadn't had any response to my earlier inquiry quoted above. Anyway, I'm fine with either way, be it having podlators-perl in lenny or patching the perl package. Just let me know which one you prefer. -- Niko Tyni [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
