Bug #29643 for MIME-tools: Behavior of MIME::Entity::body() has changed

Thu Sep 27 11:06:04 2007 OSALAUN [...] cpan.org - Ticket created

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Behavior of MIME::Entity::body() has changed

Until MIME-Tools 5.420 the MIME::Entity::body() subroutine would return an arrayref. Starting with version 5.421 it now returns an array. This change of behavior breaks installed version of our software (Sympa <http://www.sympa.org>. I suggest that MIME::Entity::body() should remain backward compatible to prevent such disasters in softwares that use the library.

Thu Sep 27 11:17:17 2007 dmo+pause [...] dmo.ca - Taken

Thu Sep 27 11:52:33 2007 dmo+pause [...] dmo.ca - Correspondence added

On Thu Sep 27 11:06:04 2007, OSALAUN wrote: Show quoted text

> Until MIME-Tools 5.420 the MIME::Entity::body() subroutine would return > an arrayref. Starting with version 5.421 it now returns an array. > > This change of behavior breaks installed version of our software (Sympa > <http://www.sympa.org>.

Ok, fixed. MIME-tools 5.423 has been uploaded and should hit CPAN shortly. Show quoted text

> I suggest that MIME::Entity::body() should remain backward compatible to > prevent such disasters in softwares that use the library.

I suggest that users of MIME-tools should try testing the developer releases and report problems with them _before_ the official release. :) Dave

Thu Sep 27 11:52:37 2007 The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'

Fri Sep 28 04:33:25 2007 OSALAUN [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

Le Jeu. Sep. 27 11:52:33 2007, DONEILL a écrit : Show quoted text

> On Thu Sep 27 11:06:04 2007, OSALAUN wrote:

> > Until MIME-Tools 5.420 the MIME::Entity::body() subroutine would return > > an arrayref. Starting with version 5.421 it now returns an array. > > > > This change of behavior breaks installed version of our software (Sympa > > <http://www.sympa.org>.

> > Ok, fixed. MIME-tools 5.423 has been uploaded and should hit CPAN

shortly. Thank you for your quick reaction. BTW : I checked the ChangeLog and noticed a minor typo with the MIME::Tools version : 5.433 instead of 5.423 Show quoted text

> > I suggest that MIME::Entity::body() should remain backward compatible to > > prevent such disasters in softwares that use the library.

> > I suggest that users of MIME-tools should try testing the developer > releases and report problems with them _before_ the official release. > :)

That would be great, but difficult to set this up because Sympa software depends on so many CPAN modules (currently 35 different modules).

Thu Oct 04 09:07:41 2007 dmo+pause [...] dmo.ca - Fixed in 5.423 added

Thu Oct 04 09:07:43 2007 dmo+pause [...] dmo.ca - Status changed from 'open' to 'resolved'