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Bug 367805 - dev-lang/perl-5.14.0 dual-lifed modules in dist/ missing on CPAN
Summary: dev-lang/perl-5.14.0 dual-lifed modules in dist/ missing on CPAN
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal normal (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Perl team
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Blocks: perl-5.14.0
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Reported: 2011-05-17 18:54 UTC by Torsten Veller (RETIRED)
Modified: 2014-01-20 15:34 UTC (History)
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Description Torsten Veller (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2011-05-17 18:54:47 UTC
Some dual-lifed modules in perl's dist/ directory are newer, have a higher VERSION number than the modules on CPAN.

Our problem: modules installed by packages from the perl-core category will hide/replace the core modules.

Solutions:
- only add perl-5.14.0 as provider for the virtual/ of those dual-life distributions. Which means we have to mask/keyword these virtuals as dev-lang/perl.
- we pester upstream to release updates
- ?

I just started to update the virtuals and found:
- Attribute-Handlers
- Net-Ping
- Locale-Maketext
Comment 1 Torsten Veller (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2011-05-17 19:06:18 UTC
Solution:
- We compare the versions and ignore the minor changes:

  Attribute-Handlers: only spelling fixes,
  Net-Ping: spelling in Ping.pm, Test->Test::More migration
  Locale-Maketext: spelling, no warnings 'once' in Maketext.pm
Comment 2 Mikle Kolyada (RETIRED) archtester Gentoo Infrastructure gentoo-dev Security 2014-01-20 15:34:02 UTC
perl-5.14* will never go stable and should be removed. So, closed.