Hi All, I am using embperl on CentOS currently. I hope it continues to be maintained on various versions of Linux. :)
Thanks, Jim On Mon, May 21, 2018 at 6:06 PM, Neil Gunton <n...@nilspace.com> wrote: > I am still actively using Embperl on my websites, fwiw. My main site is > the largest collection of bicycle tour journals in the world. I may not > show up in your statistics, but I just wanted to add one voice to the > "please keep it" side. I really like Embperl, it just works and has done > so for the last 18 years for me. I use Debian Wheezy currently, and my > systems don't tend to change much or very often. It's true that Embperl > isn't as actively developed as it used to be, but as with many things > Perl, it is still used by some people in systems that have been around > for a good long while, because they just do the job they are intended to > do and work well, so there's no need for constant churn. I would hope > that Gerald Richter and/or others would at least keep the package up to > date so it can continue to be included in Debian, because being taken > out completely seems like another step toward complete abandonment. If > it's not too much trouble to keep it in, I'd ask for that to happen. The > users might not be vocal or active in development of the package (I'm > not), but it is used and has been for a long time. > > My website is called crazyguyonabike, it's that dot com if anyone's > interested. Not facebook by any means, but it's an active journaling > website and like I said the largest in the world for bicycle tour > journals. I'm also actively working on expansions to the site into other > topics, so this is not a dead issue for me. I plan on continuing to use > Embperl on new sites going forward. > > Thanks for your consideration, > > Neil Gunton > > Dominic Hargreaves wrote: > > Hi, > > > > As you can see from the message below, we are considering removing > Embperl > > from Debian because of concerns about not being actively maintained. We > > have had to patch it several times to cope with changes in newer upstream > > versions over the past few years, and we don't think it is really being > > used much in Debian any more. > > > > Interested if anyone has any thoughts on this from the user or upstream > > dev perspective. > > > > Best, > > Dominic. > > > > ----- Forwarded message from Dominic Hargreaves <d...@earth.li> ----- > > > > Date: Fri, 18 May 2018 17:08:38 +0200 > > From: Dominic Hargreaves <d...@earth.li> > > To: sub...@bugs.debian.org > > Subject: Bug#899021: libembperl-perl: FTBFS with Perl 5.27, unmaintained > > upstream > > Reply-To: Dominic Hargreaves <d...@earth.li>, 899...@bugs.debian.org > > > > Source: libembperl-perl > > Version: 2.5.0-11 > > Severity: serious > > Justification: unmaintained upstream, and will shortly break in Debian > > X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-p...@lists.debian.org > > User: debian-p...@lists.debian.org > > Usertags: perl-5.28-transition hh2018 > > > > The upstream version of this package has not worked since 5.18, and we > > have had to apply several fixes in Debian since. The build has now > > broken again with Perl 5.27: > > > > http://perl.debian.net/rebuild-logs/perl-5.27- > throwaway/libembperl-perl_2.5.0-11/libembperl-perl_2.5.0-11_ > amd64-2018-05-18T08:09:28Z.build > > > > The problem in this case might not be that hard to fix, but I have > > been consisdering deprecating/removing this for some time, as there is > > a limit to how long we can be de facto upstream for this type of > > package. > > > > Currently the package has a popcon of inst: 37 / vote: 22 / recent: 1 > > suggesting that it is barely used anywhere. So I suggest that rather than > > spending any more time maintaining it, we remove it from Debian. > > > > CC to debian-perl to get wider exposure of the proposal. > > > > Cheers, > > Dominic. > > > > > > > > ----- End forwarded message ----- > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: embperl-unsubscr...@perl.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: embperl-h...@perl.apache.org > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: embperl-unsubscr...@perl.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: embperl-h...@perl.apache.org > >
