Petr Pisar wrote:
On 2019-12-02, John M. Harris Jr <johnmh(a)splentity.com> 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