Petr Pisar wrote:
> On 2019-12-02, John M. Harris Jr <johnmh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Monday, December 2, 2019 12:17:20 AM MST Igor Gnatenko wrote:
>>> Sure, we just have to accept this until perl is made
>>> parallel-installable. Which may or may not happen, but if I have
>>> choice between "only one version of perl and no bugzilla" or "two
>>> conflicting versions of perl and bugzilla using non-default version
>>> of perl", I will choose latter. Unfortunately reality is not perfect.
>>
>> Doesn't that defeat the purpose of using a distro? At that point, you
>> might as well go grab some container nonsense, instead of using a real
>> system, if you care more for just "make it run", rather than "make it
>> run properly on a stable, supported Perl".
>>
> You assume that a non-default Perl is not stable and supported. While
> it's true that non-default streams have probably fewer users and thus
> are less tested, that does not mean it is an intention.
A non-default Perl packaged in a way that conflicts with the default one is
by definition not a "stable, supported Perl", because it is incompatible
with many packages in the distribution.
Kevin Kofler
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