Bug#1031596: London-Tokyo vs. Tokyo-London distance much different!!

[Sebastiaan Couwenberg]

tags 1031596 upstream
severity 1031596 important
forwarded 1031596 https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=146578
thanks

On 2/19/23 03:08, Dan Jacobson wrote:
> Regarding Geo::Calc version 0.12, there is something very wrong.
> The distance from London to Tokyo,
> 11314595.851556
> is different that from Tokyo to London,
> 8256133.168096 !!
> See https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=146578 .
> 
> There is no activity on the many years of reports there.

That's not usual for RT tickets.

> Are you sure this package should be in Debian?

As noted in the ITP (#1021476) it was required for Geo::GPX 1.00, but 
was dropped in 1.08.

If software is dead upstream and doesn't work for you, stop using it.

Kind Regards,

Bas

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