BBC / possible release blocker IO::Compress::Zip

[email protected] (Arne Johannessen) Fri, 3 Jul 2026 07:06:53 +0200
Newsgroups perl.perl5.porters
Message-ID <[email protected]>
There is a (minor?) regression issue in a CPAN-first dual-life module, =
IO::Compress::Zip. A fix is in the works.

https://github.com/pmqs/IO-Compress/issues/78

This is technically a BBC issue, with Archive::SCS::Zip being the only =
affected module according to a quick search for =
/IO::Compress.*:constants/ on grep.metacpan.org. We could probably ask =
its author to do a workaround, but I worry slightly about affected code =
that isn't on CPAN.

I mean, Perl users will be able to just update IO::Compress::Zip from =
CPAN if necessary. But this is still something that worked in 5.42 and =
currently doesn't work in 5.44.

Given that 5.44.0 is just around the corner: Is this a release blocker, =
or should the fix rather be deferred for a future 5.44.1 maintenance =
update?


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Arne Johannessen
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