Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 13:33:50 -0600 From: jlemon@americantv.com (Jonathan Lemon) To: terry@lambert.org (Terry Lambert) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith), ejs@bfd.com, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Who needs Perl? We do! Message-ID: <199611191933.TAA26518@right.PCS> In-Reply-To: <199611191814.LAA09210@phaeton.artisoft.com>; from Terry Lambert on Nov 19, 1996 11:14:09 -0700 References: <199611190132.MAA25471@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> <199611191814.LAA09210@phaeton.artisoft.com>
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Terry Lambert writes: > > I'm aware that people will want to scream, but I _do_ believe that we > > should take some steps towards incorporating perl in the base system, > > as we have done (successfully, and IMHO very usefully) with Tcl. > > [ ... ] > > > - a contrib-ready Perl, at release quality. ie., not the 'patch de jour' > > but the equivalent of a -STABLE version. > > > > - an undertaking from several to keep an eye on Perl development, and > > update the in-contrib Perl as appropriate. > > This is the rub. PERL is not stable over the release cycle period for > FreeBSD. People are *always* complaining "why don't you upgrade your > PERL?", even when it it well known that an upgrade frequently requires > updating all of the PERL-dependent scripts to the new syntax, since > the syntax is not sufficiently stable. I take exception to this. The only syntax changes were from perl4 -> perl5, and were extremely minor. (actually syntax cleanup, to be pedantic). There haven't been any syntax changes internal to the p5 releases, unless you count the addition of new features. Also, the "official" release version is still 5.003, nevermind that the development version of _08 is coming out this week or the next. -- Jonathan > At STP, Lithium is a gas. 8-). Really? Then, are my lithium batteries pressurized, or are they bound in a molecule that changes their properties? (eh, physics was not my strong suit)
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