libmethod-signatures-perl: depends on libdata-alias-perl, broken with Perl 5.24 #128
Description
We have the following bug reported to the Debian package of
Method-Signatures (https://bugs.debian.org/834795):
It doesn't seem to be a bug in the packaging, so you may want to take
a look. Thanks!
(Data::Alias is optional but still �)
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Package: libmethod-signatures-perl
Version: 20160315-1
Severity: important
User: [email protected]
Usertags: perl-5.24-transition
This package depends and/or build-depends on libdata-alias-perl, which
breaks with Perl 5.24 (currently in experimental.) See #825011.
It looks like we will have to drop libdata-alias-perl from stretch to
get Perl 5.24 in, so please look at dropping the dependency one way or
another.
In some cases the 'refaliasing' feature in Perl >= 5.22 may be a
replacement; quoting Data::Alias documentation:
Perl 5.22 added some support for aliasing to the Perl core. It has
a different syntax, and a different set of operations, from that
supplied by this module; see "Assigning to References" in perlref.
The core's aliasing facilities are implemented more robustly than
this module and are better supported. If you can rely on having
a sufficiently recent Perl version, you should prefer to use the
core facility rather than use this module. If you are already
using this module and are now using a sufficiently recent Perl,
you should attempt to migrate to the core facility.
--
Niko Tyni [email protected]
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Thanks for considering,
gregor herrmann,
Debian Perl Group