Re: Bug#1052224: ITP: libalien-base-modulebuild-perl -- subclass of Module::Build for building Alien:: modules and their libraries

["Francesco P. Lovergine" <frankie@debian.org>]

On Tue, Sep 19, 2023 at 05:39:12PM +0200, gregor herrmann wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Sep 2023 11:37:29 +0200, Francesco P. Lovergine wrote:
>
> > Package: wnpp
> > Severity: wishlist
> > Owner: Francesco Paolo Lovergine <frankie@debian.org>
> > X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-devel@lists.debian.org, debian-perl@lists.debian.org
> >
> > * Package name    : libalien-base-modulebuild-perl
> …
> >  .
> >  This module is in maintenance mode, use Alien::Build for new stuff.
>
> Sorry to be a pain again :) but: Do we really need this?
>
> Alien::Build is already questionable¹, although I admit that patching
> the requirement out can be a bit cumbersome -- but a subclass that
> says "This module is in maintenance mode, use Alien::Build for new
> stuff." looks a bit like a candidate for not-packaging to me …

Unfortunately yes for me, it is in the dep chain for Geo::GDAL::FFI, as for
https://wiki.debian.org/BookwormGdalPerl
which is my main goal to avoid to mantain an unofficial repo for the rest
of time. 

--
Francesco P. Lovergine