From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 788AA13877A for ; Mon, 30 Jun 2014 15:16:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id ABCBCE0AC8; Mon, 30 Jun 2014 15:16:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BB38CE0AC4 for ; Mon, 30 Jun 2014 15:16:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.160] (CPE002401f30b73-CM78cd8ec1b205.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com [99.224.181.112]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: axs) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id DD887340381 for ; Mon, 30 Jun 2014 15:16:27 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <53B17F3E.7040002@gentoo.org> Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2014 11:16:14 -0400 From: Ian Stakenvicius User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.6.0 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] last rites: =dev-lang/perl-5.12* and family References: <201406291749.36305.dilfridge@gentoo.org> <53B11DFD.5050303@gentoo.org> <201406301046.27513.dilfridge@gentoo.org> In-Reply-To: <201406301046.27513.dilfridge@gentoo.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: a1e8475d-337d-4533-a89a-f5cb21c8b452 X-Archives-Hash: 685cca63ec84afa6c2d49e37f0be1928 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On 30/06/14 04:46 AM, Andreas K. Huettel wrote: > [snip!] * As Fabian pointed out, perl-core/Switch-2.160.0 should > still go stable. Fine with me (but I can't read your minds about > future stabilizations, and the virtual only had ~arch reverse > deps). > There shouldn't be any need to read minds, here -- if the previous stable perl had this capability, then the new stable perl should too (whether that be via internal or external module package). If it doesn't, then the upgraded-new-stable-perl isn't a valid replacement for the stable version it previously replaced. Remember that there could be who knows what scripts on end-user systems that need this functionality, and if it's suddenly not available because the only thing that provides it is ~arch, then they are not left in a happy state.. That's the case here, perl-core/Switch is still ~arch, therefore the current stable provider of Switch is still perl-5.12. Once the keywording is resolved though then 5.12 (and the virtual) would no longer be needed. It would be nice if something like a pkgmove be done on the virtual, though, upon its elimintation; anyone that installed the virtual to obtain perl Switch shouldn't have to unmerge and specifically emerge perl-core/Switch. I'm not sure if pkgmove itself supports this, though.. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iF4EAREIAAYFAlOxfz4ACgkQ2ugaI38ACPCPZgD/e5g4fsbhBDKqo3Yal5/xc4Bc 4M8CqdhKYAC5OCo8/ywBAIwIgdWDuJfL8vILLbfIIzi//kuSXllU6TcR/aCMOdlf =9AEF -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----