From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 27592 invoked by alias); 15 Aug 2014 22:17:55 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-apps-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk Sender: cygwin-apps-owner@cygwin.com List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 27395 invoked by uid 89); 15 Aug 2014 22:17:53 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_HELO_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: mx1.redhat.com Received: from mx1.redhat.com (HELO mx1.redhat.com) (209.132.183.28) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with (AES256-GCM-SHA384 encrypted) ESMTPS; Fri, 15 Aug 2014 22:17:52 +0000 Received: from int-mx14.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx14.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.27]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id s7FMHpEV005741 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Fri, 15 Aug 2014 18:17:51 -0400 Received: from [10.10.116.31] ([10.10.116.31]) by int-mx14.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id s7FMHnnU032081 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Fri, 15 Aug 2014 18:17:50 -0400 Message-ID: <1408141073.1564.41.camel@YAAKOV04> Subject: Re: perl-5.18.2-1 From: Yaakov Selkowitz To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 22:17:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: <53EE830D.1010008@tiscali.co.uk> References: <534078A2.4000601@tiscali.co.uk> <87bnwf2cjl.fsf@Rainer.invalid> <534174C4.5010608@tiscali.co.uk> <87y4zi1kib.fsf@Rainer.invalid> <5341A3F5.2040506@tiscali.co.uk> <8761mlx7im.fsf@Rainer.invalid> <87a9bvsnse.fsf@Rainer.invalid> <8761loegk8.fsf_-_@Rainer.invalid> <87fvkq57do.fsf@Rainer.invalid> <87y4y8uoe2.fsf@Rainer.invalid> <87k369lc8v.fsf@Rainer.invalid> <1408137347.1564.19.camel@YAAKOV04> <53EE830D.1010008@tiscali.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2014-08/txt/msg00099.txt.bz2 On Fri, 2014-08-15 at 23:00 +0100, David Stacey wrote: > On 15/08/14 22:15, Yaakov Selkowitz wrote: > > Where did we leave off wrt breaking out > > perl_vendor? > > Back in April, Reini expressed a desire to keep perl_vendor, claiming > that it is the easiest solution for both user and maintainer [1]. > > Whilst there are some of us who might question this, Reini has vastly > more knowledge and experience of perl than I ever will have. So when > Reini states that there are good reasons why perl_vendor should stay, I > am prepared to respect his judgement. > > As our perl maintainer wishes to keep perl_vendor, any discussion to the > contrary seems somewhat academic. The problem is that is seems to have remained academic; four months later, and we still don't have a replacement for perl_vendor. Reini, where are you holding with this? It's fine if you don't want to maintain all the perl module packages separately, there are those who are willing to help. Yaakov