Source: libembperl-perl Version: 2.5.0-11 Severity: serious Justification: unmaintained upstream, and will shortly break in Debian X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-p...@lists.debian.org User: debian-p...@lists.debian.org Usertags: perl-5.28-transition hh2018
The upstream version of this package has not worked since 5.18, and we have had to apply several fixes in Debian since. The build has now broken again with Perl 5.27: http://perl.debian.net/rebuild-logs/perl-5.27-throwaway/libembperl-perl_2.5.0-11/libembperl-perl_2.5.0-11_amd64-2018-05-18T08:09:28Z.build The problem in this case might not be that hard to fix, but I have been consisdering deprecating/removing this for some time, as there is a limit to how long we can be de facto upstream for this type of package. Currently the package has a popcon of inst: 37 / vote: 22 / recent: 1 suggesting that it is barely used anywhere. So I suggest that rather than spending any more time maintaining it, we remove it from Debian. CC to debian-perl to get wider exposure of the proposal. Cheers, Dominic.