[MacPorts] #44644: p5.8-compress-snappy: missing parent.pm; clean up dependencies

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#44644: p5.8-compress-snappy: missing parent.pm; clean up dependencies
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  Reporter:  mojca@…               |      Owner:  macports-tickets@…
      Type:  defect                |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal                |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports                 |    Version:
Resolution:                        |   Keywords:
      Port:  p5.8-compress-snappy  |
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Comment (by mojca@…):

 Replying to [comment:4 devans@…]:
 >
 > > While the dependency could probably be added, it would make more sense
 to simply drop older versions of Perl and figure out which other
 dependencies could be removed.
 >
 > This is true but until there is consensus on reducing the number of perl
 branches supported, it should probably be fixed.

 It's a two-fold question:
   * is it ok to remove a branch only for a certain subset of ports
   * should we remove branches for all ports
 I sometimes simply do the first one if an older perl version causes
 problems.

 I think it would be easy to reach the consensus to remove 5.8 and 5.10,
 but it would be nice to implement "`replaced_by`" functionality somehow.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/44644#comment:6>
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