[arch-general] perl 5.12
Is there a timeline for perl 5.12 entering testing? I realize it's an important not to be jumped into thing... but I don't see any bugs that are obviously holding it up... so I'm just curious why it hasn't entered testing yet. -- Caleb Cushing http://xenoterracide.blogspot.com
On 29/04/2010 04:25, Caleb Cushing wrote:
Is there a timeline for perl 5.12 entering testing? I realize it's an important not to be jumped into thing... but I don't see any bugs that are obviously holding it up... so I'm just curious why it hasn't entered testing yet.
See my reply to aur-general. I'd also add that core packages need to be packaged with utmost care, and there are several issues with perl 5.12.0 that have yet to be solved. There are also some pending issues on FlySpray that need careful thinking, such as the issue of FHS non-compliance under /usr/bin. Besides that, even though my latest PKGBUILD compiles fine, "make test" throws out a substantial number of errors ("Failed 138 tests out of 1722, 91.99% okay"). It's fine to have the latest and greatest whenever possible, but packaging is also not a speed competition :) F
On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 5:09 AM, Firmicus <Firmicus@gmx.net> wrote:
I'd also add that core packages need to be packaged with utmost care, and there are several issues with perl 5.12.0 that have yet to be solved. There are also some pending issues on FlySpray that need careful thinking, such as the issue of FHS non-compliance under /usr/bin. Besides that, even though my latest PKGBUILD compiles fine, "make test" throws out a substantial number of errors ("Failed 138 tests out of 1722, 91.99% okay"). It's fine to have the latest and greatest whenever possible, but packaging is also not a speed competition :)
I've read the bug in question. I don't think it should be a barrier to 5.12 adoption. Unfortunately I haven't seen a suggestion on a 'better way'. I agree on the test suite failing. I'll be looking into that once I have a fresh install... right now I suspect some install snafus because someone built on a new vm and reported no issues with what I have issues with. I just got new drives... once I've tested those then I'll reinstall and test more. -- Caleb Cushing http://xenoterracide.blogspot.com
I don't think any bug that's not specific to 5.12 should hold it back. I know one of the bugs I filed doesn't appear to be present in the 5.12 build. -- Caleb Cushing http://xenoterracide.blogspot.com
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