Bug#1094242: (mini)transition: perl 5.40.1

[Niko Tyni]

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Perl 5.40.1 is in experimental, and I think it's ready for unstable +
testing. I expect this is the version we will want to release trixie with.

It is ABI compatible with 5.40.0, but will need five packages to be
rebuilt, because they have strict dependencies on the upstream version
for various reasons [1].

nmu libpar-packer-perl libdevel-cover-perl libclass-xsaccessor-perl libcommon-sense-perl libdevel-mat-dumper-perl . ANY . -m "Rebuild against Perl 5.40.1." --extra-depends 'perl-base (>= 5.40.1)'

I have tested the new version on amd64 by rebuilding and running
autopkgtest checks on ~5K related packages and found no regressions.
I don't quite understand why latexml fails on ci.debian.net, but it passes
for me locally. I suspect --add-apt-source or --pin-packages don't work
quite perfectly with build dependency resolution under 'build-needed'.

After more than fifteen years of doing this I'm still not sure about
your preferred process for these minor Perl releases, so I'm erring on
the safe side. Please let me know if/when it's OK to upload to unstable.

[1] see https://wiki.debian.org/PerlMaintenance#Point_releases_only

Thanks for your work,

[Debian Bug Tracking System]

tags -1 confirmed

Bug #1094242 [release.debian.org] (mini)transition: perl 5.40.1
Added tag(s) confirmed.

[Niko Tyni]

Post by Niko Tyni
It is ABI compatible with 5.40.0, but will need five packages to be
rebuilt, because they have strict dependencies on the upstream version
for various reasons [1].
nmu libpar-packer-perl libdevel-cover-perl libclass-xsaccessor-perl libcommon-sense-perl libdevel-mat-dumper-perl . ANY . -m "Rebuild against Perl 5.40.1." --extra-depends 'perl-base (>= 5.40.1)'

This is fine, since it will need binNMUs we can track them in this request.
Feel free to document it there.
Please go ahead.

Thanks, uploaded.

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