Breaking perl...
Tom "spot" Callaway
tcallawa at redhat.com
Mon Apr 16 18:04:27 UTC 2007
On Mon, 2007-04-16 at 13:58 -0400, Robin Norwood wrote:
> "Tom \"spot\" Callaway" <tcallawa at redhat.com> writes:
>
> > On Mon, 2007-04-16 at 16:56 +0100, Paul Howarth wrote:
> >
> >> I was quite happy to add BR: perl(ExtUtils::MakeMaker) or whatever's
> >> appropriate for a given module for the packages I maintain. I'm still
> >> happy to do this.
> >>
> >> I can understand the desire to put perl-devel in the buildroot given the
> >> lateness in the development cycle of the perl packaging change but only
> >> as a temporary thing for F7 and something that would be reverted for F8.
> >> Having the buildreqs correct in the packages has the be "the right thing
> >> to do" in the long term.
> >
> > Yes, I agree with this too, I just don't want to add stress to the F-7
> > cycle. We can drop perl-devel from the buildroot defaults in devel,
> > F-8+.
>
> Ok, that seems to be the consensus. We'll roll the split into F7, add
> the needed packages to the buildroots, and get the perl-* spec files
> fixed for F8. I'll get an email together to fedora devel list
> explaining the changes and asking for feedback. We should also update
> the perl packaging guidelines wiki page(s). Spot, I think you own those
> - do you want to make the change (perl packages should now BR perl-devel
> + co), or shall I?
I'll do it.
~spot
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