Bug#807521: libmojolicious-perl: Consider dropping Recommends: libev-perl

[gregor herrmann]

On Wed, 09 Dec 2015 16:13:10 -0800, Ivan Kohler wrote:

> Package: libmojolicious-perl
> Version: 6.15+dfsg-1
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> The new version of libnet-mac-vendor-perl depends on libmojolicious-perl (for
> Mojo::UserAgent).  This brings in libev-perl, which causes Apache to segfault
> on startup.  libev-perl upstream is disinclined to address the issue.
> The end result is that mod_perl webapps which display MAC address vendor 
> information now result in mysterious startup segfults in Apache.

(This is tracked as #805847.)

So I guess if we fix #805847, we can drop this bug report?
 
> Considering this, perhaps libmojolicious-perl should not Recommend: 
> libev-perl?

But yes, if EV continues to be problemativ, we can demote it to
Suggests, I suppose.


Cheers,
gregor

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