From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 11 19:06:59 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D24B7106566B for ; Fri, 11 Jul 2008 19:06:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vivek@khera.org) Received: from yertle.kcilink.com (thingy.kcilink.com [74.92.149.59]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B78478FC14 for ; Fri, 11 Jul 2008 19:06:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vivek@khera.org) Received: from host-121.int.kcilink.com (host-121.int.kcilink.com [192.168.7.121]) by yertle.kcilink.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C269D8A234 for ; Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:06:57 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <84B7D49E-038C-4AEB-A7E8-95135698C4F0@khera.org> From: Vivek Khera To: FreeBSD Ports In-Reply-To: <4877AC3E.3050800@FreeBSD.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v926) Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:06:57 -0400 References: <200807100340.38399.david@vizion2000.net> <200807110919.50885.david@vizion2000.net> <18551.34465.624986.569002@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <200807111138.36884.david@vizion2000.net> <4877AC3E.3050800@FreeBSD.org> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.926) Subject: Re: portupgrade to Perl 5.10.0 ?? X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 19:06:59 -0000 On Jul 11, 2008, at 2:53 PM, Remko Lodder wrote: > So, when can I expect your updated work on the port, build all > dependencies to make sure they keep on working etc? I understand > that we want to have this as soon as possible, but also do keep in > mind that we would like to make sure as much as possible that the > code can actually work. I am not aware of the reason There's no way to do all this testing in a vacuum. Make the port. Publish it. People who want to try it out will and then all the dependent ports (ie, CPAN modules) that may have broken can get fixed by a large group of people who may have more time to volunteer. Seriously, though... is someone actively working on a perl 5.10 port and can we find out what is holding it up for over 6 months now? Around February I started wondering about it, but it wasn't such a big deal to me then. Now it is becoming more of a big deal because our developers want to start using some of the 5.10 features in our new projects, but without a port/package it complicates our dev and production environment management.