Bug#552052: lintian: add perl-modules to list of obsolete packages

2010-01-01 Thread Niko Tyni
reassign 552052 perl-modules retitle 552052 clarify perl-modules status thanks On Fri, Dec 25, 2009 at 12:57:44PM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: Ryan Niebur ryanrya...@gmail.com writes: Here's the explanation for why:

Bug#552052: lintian: add perl-modules to list of obsolete packages

2010-01-01 Thread Russ Allbery
Niko Tyni nt...@debian.org writes: Therefore I think that the perl/perl-modules split should be considered an internal implementation detail of the perl source package, and other packages should only depend on perl (or some specified versions of perl-base, in exceptional circumstances.) The

Bug#552052: lintian: add perl-modules to list of obsolete packages

2010-01-01 Thread gregor herrmann
On Fri, 01 Jan 2010 22:49:19 +0200, Niko Tyni wrote: In fact, based on Don's concerns and the discussion on debian-devel [1] it looks like we're going to back away from the perl+perl-modules merge. Ok. However, I think there is a point in discouraging direct dependencies on perl-modules.

Bug#552052: lintian: add perl-modules to list of obsolete packages

2009-12-26 Thread Eugene V. Lyubimkin
gregor herrmann wrote: Ryan Niebur ryanrya...@gmail.com writes: Here's the explanation for why: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-perl-maintainers/2009-October/026578.html Before I do this, can I get confirmation that this is still the intention? This was several months ago and I'm

Bug#552052: lintian: add perl-modules to list of obsolete packages

2009-12-25 Thread Russ Allbery
Ryan Niebur ryanrya...@gmail.com writes: Here's the explanation for why: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-perl-maintainers/2009-October/026578.html Hello folks, Before I do this, can I get confirmation that this is still the intention? This was several months ago and I'm not sure

Bug#552052: lintian: add perl-modules to list of obsolete packages

2009-12-25 Thread gregor herrmann
On Fri, 25 Dec 2009 12:57:44 -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: Ryan Niebur ryanrya...@gmail.com writes: Here's the explanation for why: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-perl-maintainers/2009-October/026578.html Before I do this, can I get confirmation that this is still the

Bug#552052: lintian: add perl-modules to list of obsolete packages

2009-10-22 Thread Ryan Niebur
Package: lintian Version: 2.2.17 Severity: wishlist Here's the explanation for why: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-perl-maintainers/2009-October/026578.html -- _ Ryan Niebur ryanrya...@gmail.com signature.asc Description: Digital signature