Bug#625230: libfile-path-perl: uninstallable, obsoleted by perl

[gregor herrmann]

On Wed, 04 May 2011 23:42:14 +0100, Dominic Hargreaves wrote:

> > Still, the only collateral damage I can see with a few quick grep-dctrl
> > runs is
> >  libcipux-perl (#624304)
> Seems to be fixed in a recent upload although the bug hasn't been
> closed.

Great!
 
> So, since the above have been fixed, am I right in thinking that
> it would be appropriate to request removal of this package in 
> unstable?

I think we can also leave it in unstable with the bug open (like a
few other packages that were obsoleted by perl 5.10.1 in squeeze),
and remove it only from testing.

Or does this cause any troubles? I guess the package managers should
be able to deal with the Breaks in an appropriate way.

Cheers,
gregor
 
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