Your message dated Wed, 9 Mar 2011 17:36:19 -0500
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and subject line libjson-pp-perl kept as Suggests in libjson-perl
has caused the Debian Bug report #615605,
regarding libjson-perl: upgrade libjson-pp-perl from Recommends to Depends
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Package: libjson-perl
Version: 2.27-1
Severity: important
Due to a misunderstanding as to the intent of this package, and its
relation to JSON::PP (see libjson-pp-perl), JSON::PP was considered a
Recommends rather than a Depends.
In a discussion with David Golden, it was identified that this package
should be considered a Depends. The JSON::backportPP module was not meant
to be used in normal circumstances:
> However, as long as libjson-perl will work (i.e. the JSON module) in
> the absence of libjson-pp-perl, then it should be a Recommends rather
> than a Depends.
Will work, but was not designed to be used that way. The
JSON::backportPP was a stopgap to ensure that if something went wrong
with the split of JSON::PP, that JSON would still have a pure-perl
fallback. It's an engineering safety, not an intended user API.
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--- Begin Message ---
Closing this issue without resolving it. We have received some
additional clarification from upstream, who indicates that this is not
a bug (see below).
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Dear David and Jonathan,
David Golden wrote:
>If you don't mind the extra work and plan to keep BackportPP forever,
>then Debian can go ahead and 'recommend' JSON::PP but not 'depend' on
>it, since JSON will continue working without it.
Yes, I'll maintain BackportPP.
I hope that things go on as you said.
Regards,
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makamaka
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