the upload of perl 5.22 to unstable some days ago provided ample opportunity to fix some new RC bugs. here's the list of my work:

• #768687 src:libdata-hal-perl: "libdata-hal-perl: FTBFS: test suite broken by newer liburi-namespacemap-perl versions"
  add patch from new upstream's git repo (pkg-perl)
• #787912 src:libdata-dump-streamer-perl: "libdata-dump-streamer-perl: FTBFS with perl 5.22"
  upload new upstream release (pkg-perl)
• #789142 src:libdata-hal-perl: "libdata-hal-perl: FTBFS with perl 5.22 (Module::Build)"
  upload with explicit build dependency on Module::Build (pkg-perl)
• #791520 libmojomojo-perl: "libmojomojo-perl: FTBFS: test failures"
  close bug in the BTS, already fixed since months (pkg-perl)
• #801659 libxml-compile-dumper-perl: "libxml-compile-dumper-perl: depends on libdata-dump-streamer-perl, broken by perl 5.22"
  close as the dependency is fixed (pkg-perl)
• #808284 libalien-wxwidgets-perl: "libalien-wxwidgets-perl: Broken dependencies in binary package after BinNMU"
  fix wxwidgets version detection logic (pkg-perl)
• #808310 libchemistry-formula-perl: "libchemistry-formula-perl: bogus dependency on perlapi-5.20.2"
  fix perl library paths in debian/rules, NMU
• #808327 wmanager: "wmanager: Depends on virtual package "perl5" which will is gone with perl/5.22"
  sponsor maintainer upload
• #808395 src:libprelude: "libprelude: FTBFS everywhere"
  add patch to handle swig changes, NMU
• #808412 src:ippl: "ippl: Depends on virtual package "perl5-base" which is gone with perl/5.22"
  drop perl5-base dependency, NMU with maintainer's permission
• #808454 src:libdata-faker-perl: "libdata-faker-perl: FTBFS under some locales (eg. fr_CH.UTF-8)"
  set C locale for tests (pkg-perl)
• #808473 liblemonldap-ng-manager-perl: "liblemonldap-ng-manager-perl: manager unaccessible without doc symlink in /var/lib/lemonldap-ng"
  upload package prepared by Xavier Guimard (pkg-perl)
• #808474 liblemonldap-ng-manager-perl: "liblemonldap-ng-manager-perl: Manager shows garbage where the menu is supposed to be"
  upload package prepared by Xavier Guimard (pkg-perl)
• #808480 libdevel-bt-perl: "libdevel-bt-perl: FTBFS on mips*: test failures"
  add (build)dep on perl-debug (pkg-perl)
• #808489 src:acm: "acm: FTBFS: Type of arg 1 to dbmclose must be hash (not constant item) at ./create-tables-5 (perl 5.22?)"
  send patch to BTS
• #808507 uwsgi-plugin-mono: "uwsgi-plugin-mono: Please refresh architectures list for current Mono in Unstable"
  sponsor upload for jonas
• #808825 libperl-apireference-perl: "libperl-apireference-perl: FTBFS: missing support for Perl 5.22.1"
  add support for 5.22.1 (pkg-perl)
• #809006 libnet-cups-perl: "libnet-cups-perl: empty package"
  add patch to fix broken version check in Makefile.PL (pkg-perl)

the upload of perl 5.22 to unstable some days ago provided ample opportunity to fix some new RC bugs. here's the list of my work:

• #768687 src:libdata-hal-perl: "libdata-hal-perl: FTBFS: test suite broken by newer liburi-namespacemap-perl versions"
  add patch from new upstream's git repo (pkg-perl)
• #787912 src:libdata-dump-streamer-perl: "libdata-dump-streamer-perl: FTBFS with perl 5.22"
  upload new upstream release (pkg-perl)
• #789142 src:libdata-hal-perl: "libdata-hal-perl: FTBFS with perl 5.22 (Module::Build)"
  upload with explicit build dependency on Module::Build (pkg-perl)
• #791520 libmojomojo-perl: "libmojomojo-perl: FTBFS: test failures"
  close bug in the BTS, already fixed since months (pkg-perl)
• #801659 libxml-compile-dumper-perl: "libxml-compile-dumper-perl: depends on libdata-dump-streamer-perl, broken by perl 5.22"
  close as the dependency is fixed (pkg-perl)
• #808284 libalien-wxwidgets-perl: "libalien-wxwidgets-perl: Broken dependencies in binary package after BinNMU"
  fix wxwidgets version detection logic (pkg-perl)
• #808310 libchemistry-formula-perl: "libchemistry-formula-perl: bogus dependency on perlapi-5.20.2"
  fix perl library paths in debian/rules, NMU
• #808327 wmanager: "wmanager: Depends on virtual package "perl5" which will is gone with perl/5.22"
  sponsor maintainer upload
• #808395 src:libprelude: "libprelude: FTBFS everywhere"
  add patch to handle swig changes, NMU
• #808412 src:ippl: "ippl: Depends on virtual package "perl5-base" which is gone with perl/5.22"
  drop perl5-base dependency, NMU with maintainer's permission
• #808454 src:libdata-faker-perl: "libdata-faker-perl: FTBFS under some locales (eg. fr_CH.UTF-8)"
  set C locale for tests (pkg-perl)
• #808473 liblemonldap-ng-manager-perl: "liblemonldap-ng-manager-perl: manager unaccessible without doc symlink in /var/lib/lemonldap-ng"
  upload package prepared by Xavier Guimard (pkg-perl)
• #808474 liblemonldap-ng-manager-perl: "liblemonldap-ng-manager-perl: Manager shows garbage where the menu is supposed to be"
  upload package prepared by Xavier Guimard (pkg-perl)
• #808480 libdevel-bt-perl: "libdevel-bt-perl: FTBFS on mips*: test failures"
  add (build)dep on perl-debug (pkg-perl)
• #808489 src:acm: "acm: FTBFS: Type of arg 1 to dbmclose must be hash (not constant item) at ./create-tables-5 (perl 5.22?)"
  send patch to BTS
• #808507 uwsgi-plugin-mono: "uwsgi-plugin-mono: Please refresh architectures list for current Mono in Unstable"
  sponsor upload for jonas
• #808825 libperl-apireference-perl: "libperl-apireference-perl: FTBFS: missing support for Perl 5.22.1"
  add support for 5.22.1 (pkg-perl)
• #809006 libnet-cups-perl: "libnet-cups-perl: empty package"
  add patch to fix broken version check in Makefile.PL (pkg-perl)

it's this time of the year^Wrelease cycle again almost. in ten days (& roughly two hours), the freeze for the next debian release, codenamed jessie, will start. by this time packages must be in testing in order to be candidates for the release, as explained in the release team's detailed freeze policy. this also means, with the regular testing migration time set to ten days, that tonight's dinstall run closed the regular upload window. & this also means that we should all concentrate on fixing RC bugs to make the freeze as short as possible & jessie yet another great release. before I head over to the UDD bugs page, I'd like to summarize my work on RC bugs in the last weeks, which was again focussed on packages in the Debian Perl Group.

• #736739 src:lemonldap-ng: "[src:lemonldap-ng] Sourceless file"
  upload new upstream release prepared by Xavier Guimard (pkg-perl)
• #736807 src:lemonldap-ng: "[src:lemonldap-ng] Non free file"
  upload new upstream release prepared by Xavier Guimard (pkg-perl)
• #742409 libsereal-encoder-perl: "libsereal-encoder-perl: FTBFS on some architectures"
  upload new upstream release, with patch from ntyni (pkg-perl)
• #755317 src:libnet-bonjour-perl: "libnet-bonjour-perl: FTBFS: Tests failures"
  lower severity (pkg-perl)
• #755328 src:libgraph-writer-graphviz-perl: "libgraph-writer-graphviz-perl: FTBFS: Tests failures"
  update patches for test suite (pkg-perl)
• #759966 src:libvideo-fourcc-info-perl: "libvideo-fourcc-info-perl: FTBFS: dh_auto_test: perl Build test returned exit code 255"
  close bug, fixed in #762334 (pkg-perl)
• #762333 libcgi-application-plugin-ajaxupload-perl: "libcgi-application-plugin-ajaxupload-perl: FTBFS with libjson-any-perl 1.36-1: test failures"
  close, as the bug is fixed in libpackage-stash-perl, cf. #762334 (pkg-perl)
• #763254 src:libcrypt-gcrypt-perl: "libcrypt-gcrypt-perl: FTBFS: GCrypt.xs:59:5: error: unknown type name 'gcry_ac_handle_t'"
  add patch from CPAN RT (pkg-perl)
• #765053 libapache-dbilogger-perl: "libapache-dbilogger-perl: FTBFS - undefined symbol: modperl_is_running"
  close, as the bug is fixed in libapache2-mod-perl2, cf. #765174 (pkg-perl)
• #765137 src:libcgi-fast-perl: "libcgi-fast-perl: FTBFS: Tests failures"
  upload new upstream release (pkg-perl)
• #765150 src:libhtml-formfu-perl: "libhtml-formfu-perl: FTBFS: Tests failures"
  lower severity (pkg-perl)
• #765165 liblog-dispatch-perl: "liblog-dispatch-perl: missing dependency/recommendation on libdevel-globaldestruction-perl"
  add missing (build) dependency (pkg-perl)

since people keep talking to me about my RC bug fixing activities, I thought it might be time again for a short report. to be honest, I mostly stopped my almost daily work at some point in december, partly because the overall number of RC bugs affecting both testing & unstable is quite low (& therefore the number of easy-to-fix bugs), due to the auto-removal policy of the release team (kudos!). but I still kept track about RC bugs I worked on, & here's the list; as you can see, mostly pkg-perl bugs

• #711430 src:libcgi-cookie-splitter-perl: "libcgi-cookie-splitter-perl: FTBFS with perl 5.18: test failures"
  add patch from CPAN RT (pkg-perl)
• #711436 src:libdbix-abstract-perl: "libdbix-abstract-perl: FTBFS with perl 5.18: test failures"
  upload new upstream release (pkg-perl)
• #711444 src:libgraph-readwrite-perl: "libgraph-readwrite-perl: FTBFS with perl 5.18: test failure"
  upload new upstream release (pkg-perl)
• #711620 src:libthread-queue-any-perl: "libthread-queue-any-perl: FTBFS with perl 5.18: test failures"
  upload new upstream release (pkg-perl)
• #724137 src:libschedule-cron-perl: "libschedule-cron-perl: FTBFS: Tests failures"
  upload new upstream release
• #725570 src:pgfincore: "build postgresql-9.3 extension only"
  send improved debdiff to the bug, thanks to Martin Pitt
• #730906 src:libredis-perl: "libredis-perl: FTBFS: Failed tests"
  upload new upstream release (pkg-perl)
• #730925 src:libgeo-ip-perl: "libgeo-ip-perl: FTBFS: Failed tests"
  upload new upstream release (pkg-perl)
• #731794 libanyevent-perl: "FBFTS: AnyEvent fails t/81_hosts.t on system with OpenDNS"
  upload new upstream release prepared by Xavier Guimard (pkg-perl)
• #733364 src:libjxp-java: "libjxp-java: FTBFS: [javac] / PKGBUILDDIR /src/java/org/onemind/jxp/servlet/JxpServlet.java:29: error: package javax.servlet does not exist"
  add missing build dependency (pkg-java)
• #733379 src:libonemind-commons-java-java: "libonemind-commons-java-java: FTBFS: [javac] / PKGBUILDDIR /src/java/org/onemind/commons/java/util/ServletUtils.java:28: error: package javax.servlet does not exist"
  add missing build dependency (pkg-java)
• #733429 src:libcatalyst-modules-perl: "libcatalyst-modules-perl: FTBFS: Tests failed"
  upload new upstream release (pkg-perl)
• #735054 src:libpoet-perl: "libpoet-perl: FTBFS: test failures: t/App.t"
  add missing (build) dependency (pkg-perl)
• #735367 bti: "bti: stopped working after SSL/TLS traffic restriction, due to obsolete URL"
  upload new upstream release
• #735823 src:libgtk3-perl: "libgtk3-perl: FTBFS: Tests failures"
  set HOME for tests (pkg-perl)
• #736275 libmarc-xml-perl: "libmarc-xml-perl: CVE-2014-1626: XML External Entity privilege escalation"
  upload new upstream release (pkg-perl)
• #736718 libalien-sdl-perl: "libalien-sdl-perl: depends on libtiff4 which is going away"
  fix dependencies (pkg-perl)
• #736820 libnet-frame-perl: "libnet-frame-perl: package seems to depend on things that are not packaged"
  upload new upstream release prepared by Daniel Lintott (pkg-perl)
• #736866 src:libjpfcodegen-java: "[src:libjpfcodegen-java] Sourceless file (minified)"
  drop sourceless minified .js files (pkg-java)
• #737739 src:mumble: "mumble: CVE-2014-0044 CVE-2014-0045"
  sponsor security upload for Chris Knadle
• #738419 src:libsvn-hooks-perl: "libsvn-hooks-perl: FTBFS: Tests failures"
  fix (build) dependencies (pkg-perl)
• #738431 src:latex-make: "latex-make: FTBFS: Font T1/cmr/m/n/10=ecrm1000 at 10.0pt not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not found"
  propose patch, then fixed by maintainer
• #739144 src:librpc-xml-perl: "librpc-xml-perl: FTBFS: Test failure"
  upload new upstream release (pkg-perl)

ps: the how-can-i-help package is a nice tool for finding RC bugs in packages you care about. install it if you haven't so far!