perl status?

[Ralf Corsepius]

On Wed, 2008-03-05 at 11:00 -0500, Tom "spot" Callaway wrote:
> On Wed, 2008-03-05 at 16:49 +0100, Ralf Corsepius wrote:
> > Spot,
> > 
> > could you provide us with an update on your upgrading perl effort?
> > 
> > What is the status quo, when will the new perl land in rawhide?
> 
> It will land as soon as I finish this set of rebuilds.
Remember, you are telling us this for ca. 2 months :/

> I've got about 150 to build in my set of "dependent perl packages". Once
> those are done, I can build the remaining 260 packages at the same time.
> 
> My drop dead date is Sunday, March 9, but I really hope to be done by
> Friday.
OK, ... there seems to be light at the end of the tunnel :)

> Just a reminder: Please hold off on rebuilding any perl dependent
> package until I'm done. This is especially true if you see my "rebuild
> for new perl" commit in the spec file. I'll send an email when the merge
> happens.
Well, I never understood why you are doing it this way, but ... I don't
have to understand everything ...

Ralf