Bug#676276: pperl: FTBFS with perl 5.16: t/13pid.t failures

[gregor herrmann]

On Sat, 30 Mar 2013 14:26:14 +0000, Dominic Hargreaves wrote:

> > I didn't bother filing this one upstream, because we're already patching
> > pperl to fix issues with test failures on 5.12.x.0; also, the last
> > upstream release of pperl was in 2004, and we're carrying quite a few
> > patches. popcon is steady at around 60.
> > 
> > I'm no longer sure we should be keeping this in Debian. It's too late
> > to kick it out of wheezy, but I think worth considering whether it should
> > be removed for jessie.
> 
> Worth noting that already 56 people report pperl as installed in popcon,
> it's only marked 'recent' for 2 installs.

Sounds like a good removal candidate for me.
And now might be a good time to do it :)
Shall I go ahead?

Cheers,
gregor 

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