Bug#648857: libdbd-interbase-perl: needs to be rebuilt against perl 5.14

gregor herrmann gregoa at debian.org
Fri Nov 18 19:45:52 UTC 2011


unblock 637809 with 648857
reassign 648857 ftp.debian.org
severity 648857 normal
retitle 648857 RM: libdbd-interbase-perl -- ROM; non-free, no rdeps, alternatives exist
thanks

On Fri, 18 Nov 2011 21:37:11 +0200, Damyan Ivanov wrote:

> > > > It's time to rebuild this manually, against perl 5.14.
> > > I suggest removal. There is libdbd-firebird-perl, which is compatible 
> > > (it is a fork), better and free.
> > Makes sense, the package has no rdeps either, and there was no
> > protest so far :)
> > Would a transitional dummy package built from the
> > libdbd-firebird-perl source package make sense?
> It would if there were any rdeps. Since there are none, I don't think 
> it is worth the hassle. dbd-interbase never saw a stable release...

Ok, reassigning & asking for removal now.

Cheers,
gregor

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