Re: CVS commit: pkgsrc/net/p5-SOAP-Lite

[David Sainty <david.sainty%dtsp.co.nz@localhost>]

OBATA Akio wrote:
>
> Now, PERL5_REQD=5.10.0, no chance to use with perl-5.8.x,
> so the dependency should be just removed.

Not exactly, not everyone will have updated their Perl package as soon 
as they pull down the latest Pkgsrc. At least, not until we force them 
to with PERL5_REQDs.

Besides. Pkgsrc comes from CVS - there's no reason users can't check out 
(E.g.) HEAD of everything else, and version 5.8.8 of lang/perl5. It's a 
useful strategy for managing change, to just CVS update the packages you 
want to see updated.

> > On Mon, 20 Oct 2008 23:27:51 +0900, Thomas Klausner 
<wiz%netbsd.org@localhost> wrote:
> >
> > > So should we remove p5-version as well?
>
> p5-version is 0.76, perl-5.10.0 contains 0.74.

The p5-version DESCR states that the package does nothing if there's a 
system installed version. If correct, I don't think it has any use in 
the post 5.10 world does it? Even if it's a later p5-version version, it 
sounds to me like the changes will only be relevant to a pre-5.10 perl?

By that reading, p5-version is useless in Pkgsrc if we prefer to 
PERL5_REQD force updates to 5.10, over continuing support for a period 
for pre-5.10 Perl users. That is, a policy to both use PERL5_REQD=5.10.0 
and also not remove p5-version seems inconsistent.