[Catalyst] Easiest Way To Update Fedora 10 to Catalyst-Runtime-5.71000

[Robert L Cochran]

I did indeed update HTTP::Body as well. Catalyst-Runtime wouldn't build
without it.

Bob


Chris Weyl wrote:
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 10:45 AM, Richard Siddall
> <richard.siddall at elirion.net <mailto:richard.siddall at elirion.net>> wrote:
>
>     Robert L Cochran wrote:
>
>         My installation of Fedora 10 x86_64 is using Fedora-packaged Perl
>         (perl-5.10.0-53.fc10.x86_64) and the perl-Catalyst-Runtime
>         (perl-Catalyst-Runtime-5.7015-1.fc10.noarch) and it doesn't
>         seem to be
>         maintained; there is no 5.71000 release as an RPM package. I
>         have read
>         the thread from last summer about Red Hat and CentOS releases
>         not having
>         real good Perl installations.
>
>         I'd like to upgrade to 5.71000, using an RPM package if possible.
>         (perhaps I can get the source RPM for 5.7015 and rebuild it
>         for 5.71000
>         with any new dependencies added in. I have an RPM build tree
>         on this
>         machine that I've been using to build stuff like avr-gcc.)
>
>         Any suggestions?
>
>
>     Looks like the maintainer of that RPM is
>     https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Cweyl according to
>     http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/packageinfo?packageID=4381
>
>     You might try contacting him/her and asking for an updated
>     package. (Note the Amazon wishlist!)
>
>
> Heh.  I'd forgotten I link that there.  <blush />
>
> perl-Catalyst-Runtime is maintained; 5.71000 was just released on 19
> Jan and it takes time to look at it, make any spec updates, build test
> and push.  Even if I'd updated the package on the same day it was
> released it likely wouldn't have made it into F-10 at this point in
> the stable updates channel (especially given how focused people are on
> the F-11 alpha at the moment).  I do tend to issue updates in the
> "stable" releases as well (e.g. F-9, F-10 at this point), but other
> packagers may choose to limit their updates to rawhide (aka what will
> be the next release) unless specifically requested.  We also try to be
> pretty careful with upgrading complex packages like
> perl-Catalyst-Runtime, as breaking things in a stable release is,
> well, pretty embarassing :)
>
> One of the best ways to ask that a package be updated is to file a bug
> against it in bugzilla[1], asking that it be updated in a given
> release to a newer version...  This both ensures that it doesn't get
> lost in someone's inbox, and allows other Perl packagers some
> visibility to it.  Most packagers respond well to RFE bugs like this,
> and on the whole, the people who own Perl packages in Fedora tend to
> be pretty proactive.
>
> If you want to take a shot at updating them on your own, cpanspec or
> CPANPLUS::Dist::RPM/::Fedora are good places to look.  Fedora's CVS[2]
> also contains everything needed to build an updated package, and, like
> everyone else, we love patches too.  Especially as part of a bugzilla
> entry :)
>
> Right now, updating perl-Catalyst-Runtime is dependent on
> perl-HTTP-Body 1.05 making its way through the updates system.  Once
> that's in stable, I can update F-10 to the latest.
>
>                                -Chris
>
> [1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com; directly at
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/enter_bug.cgi?product=Fedora, pick the
> package under the "component" listing.
> [2] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Using_Fedora_CVS
> -- 
> Chris Weyl
> Ex astris, scientia
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