perl 5.8 will enter unstable at the next dinstall run. Before it can make testing though, we have to update the following 84 packages which still depend on perlapi-5.6.*. This list should take into account those packages that were already NMU'd.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~>grep-available -F depends perlapi-5.6 -s package package: libgd-perl package: libxml-xerces-perl package: libnet-ftpserver-perl package: libsnmp-perl package: libcrypt-blowfish-perl package: libio-pty-perl package: libfile-sync-perl package: libdigest-md5-perl package: libparted-swig-perl package: libnet-tclink-perl package: libcompress-zlib-perl package: libscalar-list-utils-perl package: libcyrus-imap-perl package: libalias-perl package: slice package: libdbd-sybase-perl package: liblockdev1-perl package: libdigest-sha1-perl package: libmdn-perl package: libnet-ssleay-perl package: libtext-unaccent-perl package: libcorba-orbit-perl package: librrds-perl package: libdbd-sqlite-perl package: libunix-syslog-perl package: libastro-fits-cfitsio-perl package: libtime-hires-perl package: libnet-pcap-perl package: wml package: dcopperl package: ipchains-perl package: libswf-perl package: libcdb-file-perl package: libauthen-smb-perl package: libtemplate-perl package: libmime-base64-perl package: libipc-sharelite-perl package: libnewt-perl package: libpda-pilot-perl package: libtext-kakasi-perl package: libcdk-perl package: libhtml-embperl-perl package: libapache-mod-perl package: libjcode-pm-perl package: libcrypt-rijndael-perl package: libcurl-easy-perl package: libft-perl package: libquota-perl package: libstorable-perl package: libsafe-hole-perl package: libproc-process-perl package: libbsd-resource-perl package: libunicode-japanese-perl package: libdigest-md4-perl package: libsocket6-perl package: libcrypt-cracklib-perl package: libstring-approx-perl package: pgperl package: libcrypt-des-perl package: freewrl package: libset-object-perl package: libxmms-perl package: axkit package: speedy-cgi-perl package: libgd-noxpm-perl package: libconvert-uulib-perl package: libgd-gd2-perl package: libdigest-md2-perl package: libberkeleydb-perl package: libcflow-perl package: libnet-rawip-perl package: libplot-perl package: libgnome-gnorba-perl package: libsql-statement-perl package: libapache-db-perl package: libtext-csv-perl package: libcurses-perl package: libpcsc-perl package: libstring-crc32-perl package: libpsp-html-parser-perl package: libauthen-sasl-cyrus-perl package: libnet-patricia-perl package: libopengl-perl package: libapache-request-perl And the following 24 which depend on libperl5.6: package: gaim-gnome package: gmoo package: vim-perl package: abiword-gtk package: owl package: entity package: spidermonkey-bin package: gnome-db package: courier-mta package: epic4 package: libpgperl package: gaim package: libapache-mod-perl package: irssi-text package: dchub package: apache-perl package: inn package: abiword-gnome package: xvile package: inn2 package: vile package: speedy-cgi-perl package: bayonne package: spidermonkey1 Updating most of these should be as simple as making a build-depends on perl 5.8 so the autobuilders will build with the right version (may not be necessary soon), and rebuilding, and testing. Anyone who has perl code in the distribution should give it a run under perl 5.8, there are various little gotchas and it would probably be good if we could catch as many of those as possible before perl 5.8 enters testing. In general it all works very well. -- see shy jo