Your message dated Thu, 30 Mar 2017 17:38:00 +0000 with message-id <[email protected]> and subject line Re: Bug#859129: release-notes: [stretch] possible perl-related issues has caused the Debian Bug report #859129, regarding release-notes: [stretch] possible perl-related issues to be marked as done.
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--- Begin Message ---Package: release-notes Severity: normal Tags: patch Hi, Attached is a patch to en/issues.dbk which adds a section about possible problems in third party software caused by the Perl upgrade under "5. Issues to be aware for stretch" → "5.3. Package specific issues". Thanks for considering, dam -- System Information: Debian Release: 9.0 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 4.9.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=bg_BG.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=bg_BG.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)Index: issues.dbk =================================================================== --- issues.dbk (revision 11417) +++ issues.dbk (working copy) @@ -579,6 +579,46 @@ </para> </section> + <section id="perl"> + <title>Perl changes that may break third-party software</title> + <note> + <para> + This section applies to code maintained outside &debian; &release; - + local, third-party or legacy Perl scripts and modules. + </para> + </note> + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para> + Some modules have been removed from Perl core and are now shipped + in separate packages. Notable examples are <literal>CGI</literal>, + available in the <systemitem + role="package">libcgi-pm-perl</systemitem> package, and + <literal>Module::Build</literal>, available in the <systemitem + role="package">libmodule-build-perl</systemitem> package. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + The current working directory (<literal>.</literal>) has been removed + from the default list of include directories, + <literal>@INC</literal>. This may affect usage of + <literal>require()</literal>, <literal>do()</literal> etc., where the + arguments are files in the current directory. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + The full list of changes in Perl since the version in &debian; + &oldrelease; is available in <ulink + url="https://metacpan.org/pod/release/RJBS/perl-5.22.0/pod/perldelta.pod";>perl522delta</ulink> + and <ulink + url="https://metacpan.org/pod/release/RJBS/perl-5.24.0/pod/perldelta.pod";>perl524delta</ulink>. + </para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> + </section> + </section> </chapter>
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--- Begin Message ---Damyan Ivanov: > Package: release-notes > Severity: normal > Tags: patch > > Hi, > > Attached is a patch to en/issues.dbk which adds a section about possible > problems in third party software caused by the Perl upgrade under "5. Issues > to > be aware for stretch" → "5.3. Package specific issues". > > > Thanks for considering, > dam > > [...] Applied, thanks. ~Niels
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