From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 12 07:46:41 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 946FF106566B for ; Sat, 12 Jul 2008 07:46:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from david@vizion2000.net) Received: from dns1.vizion2000.net (77-99-36-42.cable.ubr04.chap.blueyonder.co.uk [77.99.36.42]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C4758FC14 for ; Sat, 12 Jul 2008 07:46:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from david@vizion2000.net) Received: from dns1.vizion2000.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dns1.vizion2000.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 95B351CC89 for ; Sat, 12 Jul 2008 01:08:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [[UNIX: localhost]]) by dns1.vizion2000.net (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id m6C885Qo070933 for freebsd-ports@freebsd.org; Sat, 12 Jul 2008 01:08:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from david@vizion2000.net) X-Authentication-Warning: dns1.vizion2000.net: david set sender to david@vizion2000.net using -f From: David Southwell Organization: Voice and Vision To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2008 01:08:05 -0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 References: <200807100340.38399.david@vizion2000.net> <84B7D49E-038C-4AEB-A7E8-95135698C4F0@khera.org> <20080712061857.GA11590@latitude.dh.sono> In-Reply-To: <20080712061857.GA11590@latitude.dh.sono> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200807120108.05554.david@vizion2000.net> 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: Sat, 12 Jul 2008 07:46:41 -0000 On Friday 11 July 2008 23:18:58 Koen Martens wrote: > On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 03:06:57PM -0400, Vivek Khera wrote: > > 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. > > Silly suggestion: if your business is depending on it, either fix the port > yourself or pay someone to fix it for you. Seriously, making demands in a > free software project is silly (if not rude). > > Or else, ask your money back.. > > Gr, > > Koen It does not sound to me like the OP was making demands. Rather it seems that perfectly reasonable questions are being ignored and unwarranted aspersions being handed out instead. Someone asked why the upgrade was needed and he answered that question. I think it is time to return to thoughtful on topic responses to the original question. When is the upgrade of Perl 5.10.0 to be expected and what has been the cause of the delay? David