On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 02:11:09PM +0100, Paul Howarth wrote: > Upstream has now released a Test2-based version of Test-Simple as a stable > release, bundling Test2. I have a package update ready to go for Rawhide > (only) but I'm holding off probably until Monday morning to see if upstream > invokes a contingency plan (see http://blogs.perl.org/users/chad_exodist_granum/2016/05/test2test-simple-released.html) > in the event of severe problems with this major refactoring of a module in > very widespread use. > It's a little unfortunate timing. Jitka would like to start upgrading Perl at the same time. Let's hope it will not break many things (Fedora has only perl-Test-Able and perl-Test-Able-Runner). I saw p5p discussion about merging it into the blead to obtain better testing coverage. > The new package will obsolete/provide the existing perl-Test2 package. > Thanks for the notification. I will retire it after the new perl-Test-Simple shows its viability. -- Petr
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