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On 11 September 2014 03:35, James E Keenan via RT <perlbug-followup@perl.org > wrote: > On Mon Sep 08 01:41:38 2014, andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de > wrote: > > git bisect > > ---------- > > commit c5e7362b9fa800205fbbf248000e4baf621d7bec > > Author: Father Chrysostomos <sprout@cpan.org> > > Date: Fri Aug 22 05:53:42 2014 -0700 > > > > Stop using the value of PL_expect > > > > sample fail report > > ------------------ > > http://www.cpantesters.org/cpan/report/ba2dd63c-2c9d-11e4-a230- > > 8e8fcc4edbc1 > > > > The fact that Data::Alias was the CPAN module broken by this commit rang a > bell. > > See: > http://perl.markmail.org/search/?q=Data%3A%3AAlias+list%3Aorg.perl.perl5-porters#query:Data%3A%3AAlias%20list%3Aorg.perl.perl5-porters+page:1+mid:vwtbboloob22dgrs+state:results > > Data::Alias was broken in the period leading up to 5.18 -- not just by a > post-5.20 commit. > > See: https://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=113920 > > See: https://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=118943 > > To quote myself in RT #118943: > > ##### > [W]e recognized > (https://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=113920) in the period > leading up to the release of Perl 5.18.0 that there were problems with > Data::Alias above and beyond the Perl 5 core. As one contributor put it: > > "Data::Alias is doing creepy things that go far beyond the API." > > The pumpking's judgment at that time was: > > "Data::Alias is on the hook for this, unless the potential bug-fixer wants > to open a new, specific ticket about how he or she would like things > addressed." > > My feeling is that Data::Alias is on the hook for *this* RT as well. My > recommendation is that you report this test failure in Data::Alias's own > queue at https://rt.cpan.org//Dist/Display.html?Queue=Data-Alias. > > Half of Data::Alias should go into core. The other half should be sent to the dustbin of history. YvesThread Previous | Thread Next