File::S...rs::cpio(3)

okay bestie, welcome to the File::S...rs::cpio(3) page from the User Contributed Perl Documentation 💅 it’s the cpio handler, and we’re doing a little vibe check on its future.

🚨 DEPRECATION PLAN 🚨

So this handler was added in mid-2017 🕰️. As-of 2020-04-30, Debian ships a total of 8 .cpio files in binary packages, and none of these appear to be integral to the working of those package. 💀 Like, they’re just vibing there, not holding the package together.

After consulting with the original (Bernhard, ie. OpenSuse), the verdict is clear: this handler is a good candidate to commence deprecation via initially making it optional. 👑 So yes, it’s giving “optional era loading” — not a full goodbye yet, just the deprecation plan doing its thing. ✨

that’s the tea from File::S...rs::cpio(3) 🌈 source/version: perl v5.42.3 • date: 1980-01-01 💖