Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2002 21:57:38 -0400 (EDT) From: "Christopher H. Laco" <chris.laco@threetech.com> To: <tobez@tobez.org> Cc: <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Perl 5.6 vs. 5.8: What will happen in ports? Message-ID: <1028.63.114.73.70.1027216658.squirrel@mail.chrislaco.com> In-Reply-To: <20020720184349.GD476@heechee.tobez.org> References: <3479.63.114.73.70.1027095408.squirrel@mail.chrislaco.com> <20020720184349.GD476@heechee.tobez.org>
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In the last exciting episode of Das Internet, Anton Berezin sent forth the following words of wisdom: > On Fri, Jul 19, 2002 at 12:16:48PM -0400, Christopher H. Laco wrote: >> With the release of Perl 5.8, I'll assume it's only a matter of time >> before it ends up in ports. >> >> Will the perl5 port be upgraded 5.6 -> 5.8, or is it time to make a >> seperate port like perl5-current? > > It will be a separate port. I am not sure I like the name > `perl5-current', though. I'd rather see it named perl58. > >> Personally, my vote is for a seperate port so people can choose >> between the two..but that's just me. > > Very reasonable. > > =Anton. > -- > | Anton Berezin | FreeBSD: The power to serve | | > catpipe Systems ApS _ _ |_ | http://www.FreeBSD.org | | > tobez@catpipe.net (_(_|| | tobez@FreeBSD.org | | +45 > 7021 0050 | Private: tobez@tobez.org | Cool beans! Thanks for the info. -=Chris To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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