Bug#1140175: transition: perl

Control: tags -1 confirmed

Hi Niko,

On 16/06/2026 20:58, Niko Tyni wrote:
> Package: release.debian.org
> Severity: normal
> X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected], [email protected]
> Control: affects -1 + src:perl
> User: [email protected]
> Usertags: transition
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'd like to get Perl 5.42 from experimental to unstable + testing.
> 
> Apologies that I'm so terribly late with this. I'll skip my excuses,
> but I'm copying the debian-perl list with a request for help.  Please
> contact me if you want to help with maintaining Perl in Debian. Clearly
> the current setup is not sustainable anymore.
> 
> Perl 5.42 was released last summer and has been in experimental since
> August. As usual, I've run rebuild testing and a couple of debci test
> rounds with it. Bugs are at
> 
>    https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?tag=perl-5.42-transition;[email protected]
> 
> I'm not aware of any showstoppers. but I note that #1140169 in perl-tk
> was causing CI regressions in libconfig-model-itself-perl for some time
> with Perl 5.42.2-1. The real bug is in perl-tk, but it may well bite
> again with any Perl binary changes.
> 
> Perl 5.44 was expected to be released already, but I understand there's
> been some delay and nobody knows how long it will take. I think it still
> makes sense for us to get 5.42 into forky at this point, and then consider
> 5.44 separately.
> 
> I'll run one more round of test rebuilds with the packages that will
> need a binNMU in the next few days, but I don't expect any related
> regressions. Of course, general flux in unstable could still cause
> unforeseen issues.
> 
> Please let me know when you have a transition window available, or if
> you have any concerns about the transition.  Many thanks for your work
> on the release.

Please go ahead.

Cheers,
Emilio