[csw-pkgsubmissions] Drop 5 packages from catalog

Dagobert Michelsen dam at opencsw.org
Tue Mar 30 10:41:46 CEST 2010


Hi Peter,

Am 30.03.2010 um 10:34 schrieb Peter FELECAN:
> Dagobert Michelsen <dam at opencsw.org> writes:
>> Am 29.03.2010 um 18:37 schrieb Peter FELECAN:
>>> Peter Bonivart <bonivart at opencsw.org> writes:
>>>> These packages should be dropped from the catalog as part of the
>>>> cleanup after the Perl 5.10.1 project.
>>>>
>>>> CSWpilotlink
>>>
>>> I would like to disagree: jpilot is depending on it.
>>
>> Ok, does that mean you take over CSWpilotlink?
>
> It means that you cannot ask for the removal of a package if there are
> dependents on it.

Right. This somehow slipped through :-(

> As for taking over the package I didn't consider it.

It would be natural as one of your packages depends on it and
Murray is too busy to do it right now.

> It's astonishing that this package pops up in the context of the "Perl
> 5.10.1" project. I cannot understand where's the link...

 From the package:
   /opt/csw/lib/perl/csw/auto/PDA/Pilot/Pilot.so

It will not work with the updated Perl due to a changed ABI of Perl.

Best regards

   -- Dago


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