Re: Bug#1052224: ITP: libalien-base-modulebuild-perl -- subclass of Module::Build for building Alien:: modules and their libraries
"Francesco P. Lovergine" <[email protected]>
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On Tue, Sep 19, 2023 at 05:39:12PM +0200, gregor herrmann wrote: >On Tue, 19 Sep 2023 11:37:29 +0200, Francesco P. Lovergine wrote: > >> Package: wnpp >> Severity: wishlist >> Owner: Francesco Paolo Lovergine <[email protected]> >> X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected], [email protected] >> >> * Package name : libalien-base-modulebuild-perl >… >> . >> This module is in maintenance mode, use Alien::Build for new stuff. > >Sorry to be a pain again :) but: Do we really need this? > >Alien::Build is already questionable¹, although I admit that patching >the requirement out can be a bit cumbersome -- but a subclass that >says "This module is in maintenance mode, use Alien::Build for new >stuff." looks a bit like a candidate for not-packaging to me … > Unfortunately yes for me, it is in the dep chain for Geo::GDAL::FFI, as for https://wiki.debian.org/BookwormGdalPerl which is my main goal to avoid to mantain an unofficial repo for the rest of time.