Bug#875982: RM: obsolete with current Perl?
Dominic Hargreaves
dom at earth.li
Mon Sep 18 14:14:33 UTC 2017
On Sat, Sep 16, 2017 at 10:22:11PM +0200, Florian Schlichting wrote:
> Package: libsub-current-perl
> Version: 0.03-2
> Severity: serious
> Justification: obsolete with perl >= 5.16.0
>
> libsub-current-perl 0.03 added a note to its POD explaining that from
> perl 5.16.0, the built-in __SUB__ can be used instead via the pragma
>
> use feature 'current_sub';
>
> libsub-current-perl has no reverse dependencies and an extremely low
> popcon (7 installs, 0 votes currently). It would appear that it is
> obsolete and can be removed from Debian.
Thanks, I'd suggest using this bug to keep it out of testing, and
if noone yells in a few months, requesting an RM.
Dominic.
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