Bug#806544: libical-parser-sax-perl: FTBFS: t/01parse.t failure

[Jonas Smedegaard]

Quoting intrigeri (2017-08-01 16:38:06)
> Hi Jonas,
> 
> Niko Tyni (28 Nov 2015):
> > Package: libical-parser-sax-perl
> > Version: 1.09-3
> > Severity: serious
> > Tags: sid
> > Forwarded: https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=109258
> 
> > This package fails to build on current sid/amd64.
> 
> For the record:
> 
>  * I've just reproduced this issue on current sid/amd64.
>  * I have proposed a year ago [1] to remove this package.
>  * It was not shipped in Stretch due to this bug report.
>  * This package has one single reverse-dependency
>    (libical-parser-html-perl) that itself is a leaf package.
> 
> [1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-perl/2016/06/msg00038.html
> 
> > [rt.cpan.org #109258] blames DateTime-Event-Recurrence-0.18
> > and DateTime-Set-0.3600. The above timeline indeed matches
> > libdatetime-event-recurrence-perl_0.18-1.
> 
> Since then upstream did not reply.
> 
> With all this in mind, I'm very much tempted to go ahead and request
> the removal of this package + its reverse-dependency from sid, unless
> someone is interested enough in this package to work on a fix (that
> might be in DateTime-Event-Recurrence or elsewhere).
> 
> Jonas, what do you think?

Please request removal - also of the reverse dependency.

 - Jonas

-- 
 * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt
 * Tlf.: +45 40843136  Website: http://dr.jones.dk/

 [x] quote me freely  [ ] ask before reusing  [ ] keep private
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: signature.asc
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 833 bytes
Desc: signature
URL: <http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-perl-maintainers/attachments/20170801/f1f2f24a/attachment.sig>