Breaking perl...

[Tom "spot" Callaway]

On Mon, 2007-04-16 at 13:58 -0400, Robin Norwood wrote:
> "Tom \"spot\" Callaway" <tcallawa at redhat.com> writes:
> 
> > On Mon, 2007-04-16 at 16:56 +0100, Paul Howarth wrote:
> >
> >> I was quite happy to add BR: perl(ExtUtils::MakeMaker) or whatever's 
> >> appropriate for a given module for the packages I maintain. I'm still 
> >> happy to do this.
> >> 
> >> I can understand the desire to put perl-devel in the buildroot given the 
> >> lateness in the development cycle of the perl packaging change but only 
> >> as a temporary thing for F7 and something that would be reverted for F8. 
> >> Having the buildreqs correct in the packages has the be "the right thing 
> >> to do" in the long term.
> >
> > Yes, I agree with this too, I just don't want to add stress to the F-7
> > cycle. We can drop perl-devel from the buildroot defaults in devel, 
> > F-8+.
> 
> Ok, that seems to be the consensus.  We'll roll the split into F7, add
> the needed packages to the buildroots, and get the perl-* spec files
> fixed for F8.  I'll get an email together to fedora devel list
> explaining the changes and asking for feedback.  We should also update
> the perl packaging guidelines wiki page(s).  Spot, I think you own those
> - do you want to make the change (perl packages should now BR perl-devel
> + co), or shall I?

I'll do it.

~spot