Re: Patch for building Embperl with Perl 5.28 (was: Re: Proposal to remove Embperl from Debian)

2018-07-03 Thread Gerald Richter
ECOS Technology" CC: "Dominic Hargreaves" , "embperl" Gesendet: Donnerstag, 28. Juni 2018 02:45:15 Betreff: Patch for building Embperl with Perl 5.28 (was: Re: Proposal to remove Embperl from Debian) Hi Gerald, Gerald Richter wrote on Sun, May 27, 2018 at 05:44:30PM +0200:

Patch for building Embperl with Perl 5.28 (was: Re: Proposal to remove Embperl from Debian)

2018-06-27 Thread Axel Beckert
Hi Gerald, Gerald Richter wrote on Sun, May 27, 2018 at 05:44:30PM +0200: > As Dominic already wrote it's usually not much effort to adapt it to > a new Perl version, but setting up the test environment takes time. At least on Debian, Dominic's APT repository on http://perl.debian.net/ helps a lo

Re: Proposal to remove Embperl from Debian

2018-05-30 Thread Dominic Hargreaves
t the decission how to continue until mid of june? > > Thanks for all your work you put in Debian and Embperl > > Regards > > Gerald > > > - Ursprüngliche Mail - > Von: "Dominic Hargreaves" > An: embperl@perl.apache.org > Gesendet: Monta

Re: Proposal to remove Embperl from Debian

2018-05-27 Thread Gerald Richter
l your work you put in Debian and Embperl Regards Gerald - Ursprüngliche Mail - Von: "Dominic Hargreaves" An: embperl@perl.apache.org Gesendet: Montag, 21. Mai 2018 12:29:49 Betreff: Proposal to remove Embperl from Debian Hi, As you can see from the message below, we are con

Re: Proposal to remove Embperl from Debian

2018-05-23 Thread Jim Tappe
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 wrote: > I am still actively using Embperl on my websites, fwiw. My main site is > the largest collection of bicycle

Re: Proposal to remove Embperl from Debian

2018-05-21 Thread Neil Gunton
I know that - I was making an argument that removing Embperl from Debian completely will just hasten the impression that it's a dead project. I would really like it if it could remain in because if it gives Embperl just a bit more visibility and awareness in the community, then that would be a Good

Re: Proposal to remove Embperl from Debian

2018-05-21 Thread Dominic Hargreaves
If you're building Apache from source, you'll also be building Embperl from source too - in which case, the plans Debian has to remove the packages will not have any direct affect on you. Cheers, Dominic. On Mon, May 21, 2018 at 12:13:09PM -0700, Neil Gunton wrote: > Thanks, I am aware of the end

Re: Proposal to remove Embperl from Debian

2018-05-21 Thread Neil Gunton
Thanks, I am aware of the end of support for Wheezy. To be honest I have been resisting upgrading because a) it tends to be very disruptive to a production server for a live website that is used by lots of people (I can't recall one major in-place upgrade that ever went smoothly, so usually a compl

Re: Proposal to remove Embperl from Debian

2018-05-21 Thread Dominic Hargreaves
Well, your Debian Wheezy box will probably continue to run just fine with Embperl :) Seriously though, you should be aware that that release is nearly out of long-term support, and you should be planning an upgrade to Stretch - an excellent opportunity to reap the benefits of our continued attempt

Re: Proposal to remove Embperl from Debian

2018-05-21 Thread Neil Gunton
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 l

Proposal to remove Embperl from Debian

2018-05-21 Thread Dominic Hargreaves
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 u