[MIR] libregexp-ipv6-perl

On Wed, 13 Jul 2022 15:55:35 -0000, Lukas Märdian wrote:

> libregexp-ipv6-perl has been upgraded from a "Suggests:" to a "Depends:"
> (from src:liburi-perl), due to a bug in "apt-cacher":
> https://bugs.debian.org/1014730
>
> The discussion on the bug report suggests, that this might not be the
> correct/final fix. We should wait for the discussion to settle in
> Debian, as most probably it can be dropped back to a "Suggests:" (and be
> fixed in apt-cacher, instead) and won't need an MIR.

Ack, that sounds reasonable, and I hope to see a fix in apt-cacher as
well.

For the liburi-perl -> libregexp-ipv6-perl relationship, I currently
tend to change it from Depends to Recommends as that probably
describes the functionality better. Would this be a problem for
Ubuntu? In that case going back to Suggests should be fine as well.

Cheers,
gregor, Debian Perl Group

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Hi gregor, thanks for reaching out!

For Ubuntu we would prefer to change this (optional) dependency back to Suggests (i.e. status quo), as Depends and Recommends are pulled into the "main" component, while Suggests can stay in "universe". Therefore, a Suggests would not trigger a component-mismatch and lengthy "Main Inclusion Process" (MIR) [0] and security-review process.

[0] https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-mir#introduction

On Thu, 14 Jul 2022 08:35:08 -0000, Lukas Märdian wrote:

> For Ubuntu we would prefer to change this (optional) dependency back to
> Suggests (i.e. status quo), as Depends and Recommends are pulled into
> the "main" component, while Suggests can stay in "universe". Therefore,
> a Suggests would not trigger a component-mismatch and lengthy "Main
> Inclusion Process" (MIR) [0] and security-review process.

Understood, thanks for the explanation!

Cheers,
gregor

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I'll be dropping libregexp-ipv6-perl back to a Suggests in Ubuntu, to avoid it blocking proposed-migration any longer. We might (hopefully) be able to get that back in sync with Debian in the future.

We're not going to MIR this, so I'll mark it WONTFIX.

The libcpan-mini-inject-perl autopkgtests started failing after this change, which has been resolved in that package and forwarded upstream:

https://github.com/AndyA/CPAN--Mini--Inject/pull/26

This bug was fixed in the package libcpan-mini-inject-perl - 0.35-4ubuntu1

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libcpan-mini-inject-perl (0.35-4ubuntu1) kinetic; urgency=medium

  * d/p/ignore-die-in-eval.patch: Fix test failure if Regexp::IPv6 is missing
    (LP: #1981608)

 -- Lukas Märdian <email address hidden> Mon, 08 Aug 2022 17:37:52 +0200

This bug was fixed in the package liburi-perl - 5.12-1ubuntu1

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liburi-perl (5.12-1ubuntu1) kinetic; urgency=medium

  * d/control: drop libregexp-ipv6-perl back to Suggests (LP: #1981608)

 -- Lukas Märdian <email address hidden> Wed, 27 Jul 2022 15:39:05 +0200