From: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2009 17:09:14 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: Remove obsolete versioned Perl depend and build-depend requirement
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Remove obsolete versioned Perl depend and build-depend requirement

Perl modules are no longer required to build-depend on perl 5.6.0-16
or later and arch-independent modules are no longer required to depend
on perl or perl-base 5.6.0-16 or later.  All versions of Debian
released for years have shipped with a newer version of Perl than that.

Wording from Cyril Brulebois.  Bug#525190.
---

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 839be4e..651d8ae 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ debian-policy (3.8.3.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
     Closes: #527871
+  * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
+    Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
+    Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+    Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
+    Closes: #525190
   * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
     warnings against its use.  Thanks, Steve Langasek.  (Closes: #533577)
   * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
diff --git a/perl-policy.sgml b/perl-policy.sgml
index 1421b46..1d26df7 100644
--- a/perl-policy.sgml
+++ b/perl-policy.sgml
@@ -319,10 +319,6 @@ $(MAKE) install PREFIX=$(CURDIR)/debian/&lt;tmp&gt;/usr
 	    (nominally just tmp)</p>
 	  </footnote>
 	</p>
-	<p>
-	  A <tt>Build-Depends</tt> on <tt>perl (>= 5.6.0-16)</tt> is
-	  required.
-	</p>
       </sect>
 
       <sect id="module_deps">
@@ -342,13 +338,6 @@ $(MAKE) install PREFIX=$(CURDIR)/debian/&lt;tmp&gt;/usr
 	    the minimum required version, or more simply the current
 	    version.
 	  </p>
-	  <p>
-	    In the absence of an explicit requirement,
-	    architecture-independent modules must depend on a minimum
-	    <package>perl</package> or <package>perl-base</package>
-	    version of <tt>5.6.0-16</tt> due to the changes in
-	    <tt>@INC</tt> introduced by that version.
-	  </p>
 	</sect1>
 
 	<sect1 id="binary_modules">
diff --git a/upgrading-checklist.html b/upgrading-checklist.html
index b551201..5d035d4 100644
--- a/upgrading-checklist.html
+++ b/upgrading-checklist.html
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ picking your way through this list.
      * Source package Architecture fields may contain "all" in combination
        with other architectures.  Clarify when "all" and "any" may be used
        in different versions of the field.                       [5.6.8]
+     * The requirement for Perl modules to have a versioned Depend and
+       Build-Depend on perl >= 5.6.0-16 has been removed.        [perl]
 
 3.8.2.0                        Jun 2009