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Date:      Mon, 02 Jan 1995 23:18:11 -0800
From:      "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
To:        Morgan Davis <root@io.cts.com>
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: perl 5? 
Message-ID:  <2070.789117491@time.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 31 Dec 94 20:05:32 PST." <199501010405.UAA11484@io.cts.com> 

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> Is there a reason why perl 5.0 is not included in FBSD?  5.0 was
> release some months ago.  If not, is there a schedule for having it
> included into subsequent releases?

5.0 certainly won't be in FreeBSD by default for some time.  No
schedule yet, but we certainly won't even consider putting it in until
conventional wisdom whispers it's ready.

> If it's a question of time and a someone to ensure the port, I may be
> interested in doing it.  I installed it for SCO a few months ago
> without much pain.  FBSD will likely be a piece of cake.

A port is indeed how I envisioned it being done in the interim.
/usr/ports/lang/perl5 perhaps?  Go for it!

					Jordan



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