Ports should require perl5.24 instead of 5.22

[mojca (Mojca Miklavec)]

It's time to move to perl5.24. (See an older ticket #48365.)

The list of ports has been generated with

port info --line --index --name --maintainer depends:'perl5\.22' or depends:'p5\.22-' | grep -v 'p5-' | grep -v 'p5.22-' | sort > list.txt

and might contain errors.

No maintainer

• GTorrentViewer r151920
• ack r151919
• argus-monitor r151918
• backuppc r151917
• bugzilla r151915
• clearsilver r151914
• cloc r151913
• cssh r151912
• cvsweb r151911
• cws2fws-pl r151910
• cyrus-imapd r151909
• dc3dd r151908
• dvdrip r151907
• flac2mp3 r151906
• fusioninventory-agent (needs removal of 5.22)
• glom r151905
• gnome-bindings-perl5 r151904
• gnupod r151903
• hugin-app r151902
• icon-naming-utils r151901
• ikiwiki r151900
• imageindex r151899
• latexdiff r151898
• liboping, liboping-devel r151897
• log2timeline r151896
• mailqfmt r151895
• makepasswd r151892
• mb2md r151891
• mediaserv r151890
• metasploit2 r151889
• mod_perl2 r151916
• monarch r151888
• mtn-browse r151887
• munin r151886
• muttprint r151885
• nagios-plugins r151875
• naturaldocs r151874
• nedi r151873
• nfsen r151872
• nrg r151871
• ossp-uuid r151870
• pemail r151869
• perfect_maildir r151868
• perlprimer r151867
• pflogsumm r151866
• po4a r151865
• postgresql_autodoc r151864
• postgrey r151863
• psh r151862
• rancid r151861
• rrdtool r151860
• sendpage r151859
• shelldap r151858
• sleuthkit r151857
• smokeping r151856
• snmptt r151855
• snownews r151854
• spidereyeballs r151853
• stow r151851
• swaks r151850
• sympa r151848
• t-prot r151847
• tablet-encode r151846
• texinfo r151845
• tinyca2 r151844
• torrentsniff r151843
• tsung r151842
• xchat-gnome r151841
• xqf r151840
• xraylib
• xserve-raid-tools r151839

Open maintainer

• cal
  • eperl
  • signing-party r151921
• cfaerber.name:cfaerber
  • wml
• ciserlohn
  • git
• ctreleaven
  • mythtv-core.25
  • mythtv-core.26
  • mythtv-core.27
  • mythtv-core.28 r151852
  • mythtv-plugins.27
  • mythtv-plugins.28 r151852
  • mythweb.25
  • mythweb.26
  • mythweb.27
  • mythweb.28 r151849
• gmail.com:davide.liessi
  • get_iplayer r151996 in #52105
• m4x.org:db_macports
  • pcsc-tools
• devans
  • finch r151929
  • gnumeric r151928
  • gtk-doc r151925
  • gtkmm r151927
  • intltool r151926
  • libpurple r151929
  • pidgin r151929
• dports
  • biblatex-biber
  • gnucash
  • gnucash-devel
• gwmail.gwu.edu:egall
  • cpan2port r152016
• gwmail.gwu.edu:egall,gmail.com:xeron.oskom
  • dpkg WIP #52112
• g5pw
  • vit
• googlemail.com:gjasny
  • myrepos
• hum,clear-code.com:kou
  • cutter
• hum
  • extractopinion
• ionic
  • amttools r152042
  • pulseaudio r152064
• jmr
  • archway
• nist.gov:joe.fowler
  • demeter
  • demeter-devel
• laposte.net:joel.brogniart
  • auto-multiple-choice r152014
• juanrgar,devans
  • mozjs17
  • mozjs24
• khindenburg
  • help2man r151884
  • moreutils r151893
• mojca
  • fntsample r151838
  • perl5
• mww
  • ftpsync
  • imapsync
• pixilla
  • amavisd-new p5.24 default in r152020, still has p5.22 (no forced upgrade)
  • percona-toolkit
  • sqlgrey
• raimue
  • git-cal r151931
• gmail.com:rjvbertin
  • cpuid
• ryandesign
  • PsyncX
  • net-snmp
  • openbrowser
  • wget
• snc
  • ddclient
• gmail.com:tlockhart1976
  • docbook-utils
  • docbook2X

Maintained

• afb
  • exo
• blair
  • fwknop
• nist.gov:bruce.miller
  • LaTeXML
• behanna.org:chris
  • dirvish
• gmail.com:fernando.iazeolla
  • metar
• jonahb.com:jonah, mk
  • icoutils
• bitwrangler.com:kmayer
  • mysql-zrm
• mww
  • rsnapshot
  • wakeonlan
• mac.com:n3npq, afb
  • rpm
  • rpm54
• mit.edu:quentin
  • mosh p5.24 default in r152030, still has p5.22 (no forced upgrade)
• pu-gh.com:rod
  • ghsum
  • pearl
  • thieriot
• ryandesign
  • whois
• takeshi
  • magicspp

[ctreleaven (Craig Treleaven)]

mythweb.28 - r151849

mythtv-core.28, mythtv-plugins.28 - r151852

The 0.28 versions are in testing right now. Assuming no regressions with 5.24, I'll amend my other ports in a few days.

[mojca (Mojca Miklavec)]

nagios-plugins r151875 naturaldocs r151874 nedi r151873 nfsen r151872 nrg r151871 ossp-uuid r151870 pemail r151869 perfect_maildir r151868 perlprimer r151867 pflogsumm r151866 po4a r151865 postgresql_autodoc r151864 postgrey r151863 psh r151862 rancid r151861 rrdtool r151860 sendpage r151859 shelldap r151858 sleuthkit r151857 smokeping r151856 snmptt r151855 snownews r151854 spidereyeballs r151853 stow r151851 swaks r151850 sympa r151848 t-prot r151847 tablet-encode r151846 texinfo r151845 tinyca2 r151844 torrentsniff r151843 tsung r151842 xchat-gnome r151841 xqf r151840 xserve-raid-tools r151839 fntsample r151838

• get_iplayer r151996

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[RJVB (René Bertin)]

Isn't there a stub "perl5" family of dependencies which ports can declare if they don't care about the exact perl version?

[danielluke (Daniel J. Luke)]

Replying to rjvbertin@…:

Isn't there a stub "perl5" family of dependencies which ports can declare if they don't care about the exact perl version?

nope.

[RJVB (René Bertin)]

Replying to dluke@…:

Replying to rjvbertin@…:

Isn't there a stub "perl5" family of dependencies which ports can declare if they don't care about the exact perl version?

nope.

With all due respect: that sucks. What is/was wrong with port:perl5 and/or port:p5-foo?

[mojca (Mojca Miklavec)]

René, the ticket to discuss perl packaging is still at #50000. Let's not spam this ticket (with already too much traffic to too many people) discussing ideas that would even prolong transition to 5.24 and cannot be implemented overnight anyway.

Mihai, I "asked for help" at ​https://trac.edgewall.org/ticket/2073#comment:30. One way to avoid excessive traffic on tickets like this one (without any further features) might be to:

• open the second ticket with basically no subscribers (I'm fine being subscribed) and tracking the progress (changing the list of ports, crossing out the ticket numbers and adding revisions that fixed them, ...)
• a ticket like this one with many subscribers would only contain a pointer to the other ticket and responsible developers would only be notified once, when the ticket gets closed

Feel free to do whatever you find most suitable (additional discussion can happen "off-list/off-ticket" or on IRC).

[RJVB (René Bertin)]

Not that I can commit it anyway, but I had a look at my port:cpuid. Turns out it depends on port:p${perl5.major}-foo ; am I right that this means it'll transition as soon as the perl5.major variable changes?

If not, I'll just make it depend on the p5-foo variants of its 2 dependencies.

[danielluke (Daniel J. Luke)]

Replying to rjvbertin@…:

Not that I can commit it anyway, but I had a look at my port:cpuid. Turns out it depends on port:p${perl5.major}-foo ; am I right that this means it'll transition as soon as the perl5.major variable changes?

that's a bad idea - think about the binary archives or the fact that a person's installed files will be different with the same version/revision of a Portfile.

If not, I'll just make it depend on the p5-foo variants of its 2 dependencies.

That's a bad idea for similar reasons as well.

Please follow the standard recommendations for depending on perl/perl modules and discuss improvements in the ticket mentioned earlier in thread (#50000).

[dliessi (Davide Liessi)]

get_iplayer: see ticket #52105

[xeron (Ivan Larionov)]

dpkg: ticket #52112