#988750 YAML dependencies should be optional/suggested

Package:
libcgi-session-serialize-yaml-perl
Source:
libcgi-session-serialize-yaml-perl
Submitter:
Date:
2021-05-24 00:24:03 UTC
Severity:
normal
#988750#5
Date:
2021-05-19 00:09:54 UTC
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To:
The Debian package requires that libyaml-perl or libyaml-syck-perl be
installed, but it is possible to use this package without either of those
YAML modules. You can specify your own YAML parser (like YAML::XS).

There is some discussion about this on CPAN:
https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=136485
https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=136486

Tina Muller, an engineer at SUSE and the maintainer of
CGI::Session::Serialize::yaml, YAML, and YAML::XS, has also pointed out that
openSUSE doesn't require these dependencies:
https://build.opensuse.org/package/view_file/devel:languages:perl/perl-CGI-S
ession-Serialize-yaml/perl-CGI-Session-Serialize-yaml.spec?expand=1.
#988750#10
Date:
2021-05-21 17:35:11 UTC
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Control: forwarded -1 https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=136486

Thanks for bringing this up.

It's a bit tricky from a packaging point of view; I've replied in
https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=136486
and I'm looking forward to working with Tina on this issue.


Cheers,
gregor
#988750#17
Date:
2021-05-24 00:14:37 UTC
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To:
Thanks for looking into this, gregor. I'm looking forward to Tina's response
as well.

David Cook
-----Original Message-----
From: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
Sent: Saturday, 22 May 2021 3:35 AM
To: dcook@prosentient.com.au; 988750@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Re: Bug#988750: YAML dependencies should be optional/suggested

Control: forwarded -1 https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=136486

Thanks for bringing this up.

It's a bit tricky from a packaging point of view; I've replied in
https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=136486
and I'm looking forward to working with Tina on this issue.


Cheers,
gregor