long time no blog post. – & the stretch release happened without many RC bug fixes from me; in practice, the auto-removals are faster & more convenient.

what I nevertheless did in the last months was to fix RC bugs in pkg-perl packages (it still surprises me how fast rotting & constantly moving code is); prepare RC bug fixes for jessie (also for pkg-perl packages); & in the last weeks provide patches & carry out NMUs for perl packages as part of the ongoing perl 5.26 transition.

• #783656 – libhtml-microformats-perl: "libhtml-microformats-perl: missing dependency on libmodule-pluggable-perl"
  fix in jessie (pkg-perl)
• #788008 – libcgi-application-plugin-anytemplate-perl: "libcgi-application-plugin-anytemplate-perl: missing dependency on libclone-perl"
  fix in jessie (pkg-perl)
• #788350 – libhttp-proxy-perl: "libhttp-proxy-perl: FTBFS - proxy tests"
  fix in jessie (pkg-perl)
• #808454 – src:libdata-faker-perl: "libdata-faker-perl: FTBFS under some locales (eg. fr_CH.UTF-8)"
  fix in jessie (pkg-perl)
• #824843 – libsys-syscall-perl: "libsys-syscall-perl: FTBFS on arm64: test suite failures"
  fix in jessie (pkg-perl)
• #824936 – libsys-syscall-perl: "libsys-syscall-perl: FTBFS on mips*: test failures"
  fix in jessie (pkg-perl)
• #825012 – libalgorithm-permute-perl: "libalgorithm-permute-perl: FTBFS with Perl 5.24: undefined symbol: PUSHBLOCK"
  upload new upstream release (pkg-perl)
• #826136 – libsys-syscall-perl: "libsys-syscall-perl FTBFS on hppa arch (with patch)"
  fix in jessie (pkg-perl)
• #826471 – intltool: "intltool: Unescaped left brace in regex is deprecated at /usr/bin/intltool-update line 1070"
  extend existing patch, uploaded by maintainer
• #826502 – quilt: "quilt: FTBFS with perl 5.26: Unescaped left brace in regex"
  apply patch from ntyni (pkg-perl)
• #826505 – swissknife: "swissknife: FTBFS with perl 5.26: Unescaped left brace in regex"
  add patches from ntyni, upload to DELAYED/5
• #839208 – libio-compress-perl: "libio-compress-perl: uninstallable, current version superseded by Perl 5.24.1"
  upload newer upstream release (pkg-perl)
• #839218 – nama: "nama: FTBFS because of perl's lack of stack reference counting"
  apply patch from Balint Reczey (pkg-perl)
• #848060 – src:libx11-protocol-other-perl: "libx11-protocol-other-perl: FTBFS randomly (failing tests)"
  fix in jessie (pkg-perl)
• #855920 – src:fail2ban: "fail2ban: FTBFS: test_rewrite_file: AssertionError: False is not true"
  try to reproduce, later propose different fix
• #855951 – src:libsecret: "libsecret FTBFS with test failures on many architectures"
  try to reproduce
• #856133 – src:shiboken: "shiboken FTBFS on i386/armel/armhf: other_collector_external_operator test failed"
  try to reproduce
• #857087 – nsscache: "nsscache: /usr/share/nsscache not installed"
  triaging, later fixed by maintainer
• #858501 – libmojomojo-perl: "libmojomojo-perl: broken symlink: /usr/share/perl5/MojoMojo/root/static/js/jquery.autocomplete.js -> ../../../../../javascript/jquery-ui/ui/jquery.ui.autocomplete.min.js"
  fix symlink (pkg-perl)
• #858509 – cl-csv-data-table: "cl-csv-data-table: broken symlink: /usr/share/common-lisp/systems/cl-csv-data-table.asd -> ../source/cl-csv-data-table/cl-csv-data-table.asd"
  propose a patch
• #859539 – filezilla: "filezilla: Filezilla crashes at startup"
  simply close the bug :)
• #859963 – src:mimetic: "mimetic FTBFS on architectures where char is unsigned"
  add patch to make variable signed
• #860142 – libgeo-ip-perl: "libgeo-ip-perl: should recommend geoip-database and geoip-database-extra"
  analyse, lower severity (pkg-perl)
• #863049 – release.debian.org: "jessie-pu: package shutter/0.92-0.1+deb8u2"
  fix in jessie (pkg-perl)
• #865045 – xmltv: "xmltv: FTBFS with Perl 5.26: t/test_filters.t failure"
  sponsor maintainer upload
• #865224 – src:uwsgi: "uwsgi: ftbfs with multiple supported python3 versions"
  adjust build dependencies, upload NMU with maintainer's permission
• #865380 – libtest-unixsock-perl: "libtest-unixsock-perl: Build-Conflicts-Indep: libtest-simple-perl (>= 1.3), including Perl 5.26"
  conditionally skip a test (pkg-perl)
• #865888 – nagios-plugin-check-multi: "nagios-plugin-check-multi: FTBFS with Perl 5.26: Unescaped left brace in regex is deprecated here"
  update unescaped-left-brace-in-regex.patch, upload to DELAYED/5
• #866317 – html2ps: "html2ps: relies on deprecated Perl syntax/features, breaks with 5.26"
  prepare a patch, later do QA upload
• #866934 – libhttp-oai-perl: "libhttp-oai-perl: /usr/bin/oai_pmh uses the 'encoding' pragma, breaks with Perl 5.26"
  patch out "use encoding" (pkg-perl)
• #866944 – libmecab-perl: "libmecab-perl: FTBFS: no such file or directory: /var/lib/mecab/dic/debian/dicrc"
  build-depend on fixed version (pkg-perl)
• #866981 – src:libpgobject-type-datetime-perl: "libpgobject-type-datetime-perl FTBFS: You planned 15 tests but ran 5."
  upload new upstream release (pkg-perl)
• #866984 – src:libpgobject-type-json-perl: "libpgobject-type-json-perl FTBFS: You planned 9 tests but ran 5."
  upload new upstream release (pkg-perl)
• #866991 – libcpan-meta-perl: "libcpan-meta-perl: uninstallable in unstable"
  fix versioned Breaks/Replaces (pkg-perl)
• #867046 – gwhois: "gwhois: fails with perl 5.26: The encoding pragma is no longer supported at /usr/bin/gwhois line 80."
  drop "use encoding", upload to DELAYED/5
• #867208 – src:libpgobject-type-bytestring-perl: "libpgobject-type-bytestring-perl FTBFS: Failed 1/5 test programs. 0/8 subtests failed."
  upload new upstream release (pkg-perl)
• #867210 – libtext-mecab-perl: "libtext-mecab-perl: FTBFS: test failures: Failed to create mecab instance"
  build-depend on fixed version (pkg-perl)
• #867983 – libclass-load-perl: "libclass-load-perl: FTBFS: t/012-without-implementation.t failure"
  upload new upstream release (pkg-perl)
• #867984 – libclass-load-xs-perl: "libclass-load-xs-perl: FTBFS: t/012-without-implementation.t failure"
  upload new upstream release (pkg-perl)
• #868069 – liburi-namespacemap-perl: "liburi-namespacemap-perl: unbuildable with sbuild"
  fix build dependencies (pkg-perl)
• #868075 – libperlx-assert-perl: "libperlx-assert-perl: missing dependency on libkeyword-simple-perl | libdevel-declare-perl"
  fix dependencies (pkg-perl)
• #868613 – src:liblog-report-lexicon-perl: "liblog-report-lexicon-perl FTBFS: Failed 2/10 test programs. 2/305 subtests failed."
  upload new upstream release (pkg-perl)
• #868888 – get-flash-videos: "Fails: Can't locate Term/ProgressBar.pm"
  add missing dependency (pkg-perl)
• #869208 – src:libalgorithm-svm-perl: "libalgorithm-svm-perl FTBFS on 32bit: SVM.c: loadable library and perl binaries are mismatched (got handshake key 0x80c0080, needed 0x81c0080)"
  add patch to add ccflags (pkg-perl)
• #869360 – slic3r: "slic3r: missing dependency on perlapi-*"
  propose a patch
• #869383 – src:clanlib: "clanlib FTBFS with perl 5.26"
  propose a patch
• #869418 – src:libtest-taint-perl: "libtest-taint-perl FTBFS on armel: not ok 2 - $ENV{TEST_ACTIVE} is tainted"
  add a patch (pkg-perl)
• #869429 – vile: "vile: Uninstallable after BinNMU / not binNMU-safe"
  some triaging