[Bug 537138] Bioperl doesn't bootstrap on other platforms, circular dependencies

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--- Comment #9 from Alex Lancaster <alexl at users.sourceforge.net>  2009-11-12 16:49:02 EDT ---
(In reply to comment #6)
> Alot of packages are not, i spent half the day methodically rebuilding a bunch
> of packages that were missing or needed newer versions. I haven't figured out
> if all of them are epel, though i think some of them, including libxml2 are
> core packages and it might not be possible to update them without difficulty.

Does libxml2 need to be updated for running bioperl?  Is it that old?

> At $dayjob we've decided to stop using cpan to install modules and to focus our
> efforts on building RPMs where possible. As long as i can do it within the
> infrastructure of Fedora/EPEL, this will be ok, and i am more than willing to
> take up any branches that we need to support EPEL so long i'm working at this
> job. Presumably if i leave, this duty will be picked up by my successor. 

Great!

> Comaintanership is always welcome.

Right, and actually I request that I be added as a co-maintainer of any EPEL
branches of packages I own in Fedora proper, see (FAS username "alexlan"):

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL/ContributorStatusNo

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