[Templates] Debian 2.19 TT package requires perl 5.8.8?

[Jim Spath]

Hi all,

I was attempting to upgrade Template Toolkit on Debian to 2.19 to take 
advantage of the fix for iterating over tied hashes in Template::Stash::XS

http://packages.debian.org/testing/perl/libtemplate-perl

I found it strange that this package requires perl 5.8.8 but Template 
Toolkit itself does not.

This is a slight problem for me as our platform here is standardized on 
Perl 5.8.7 currently, and we much prefer to install from Debian packages 
rather than building from source ourselves.

Is there a way around this seemingly unnecessary dependency that doesn't 
involve building from source or upgrading to perl 5.8.8?

Thanks!
- Jim