Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:13:21 -0400 From: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> To: David Southwell <david@vizion2000.net> Cc: Vivek Khera <vivek@khera.org>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, Parv <parv@pair.com> Subject: Re: portupgrade to Perl 5.10.0 ?? Message-ID: <18551.34465.624986.569002@jerusalem.litteratus.org> In-Reply-To: <200807110919.50885.david@vizion2000.net> References: <200807100340.38399.david@vizion2000.net> <FFFF7EDF-C4F9-470E-8951-722E153F891E@khera.org> <B194B820-D02B-4EE8-9834-0DFE76683B82@ece.cmu.edu> <200807110919.50885.david@vizion2000.net>
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David Southwell writes: > > As a practical matter, is 5.10 really all that urgent? (Bleeding-edge > > Linuxers don't count; FreeBSD is a production OS.) > > That sounds a bit complacent to me. I hope others are not likely > to be so dismissive of the needs of others. And sometimes, a cigar is just a cigar. I have ports installed that are Perl-based, or require Perl for compilation; I am not a Perl programmer, much less a zealot; I did not even know 5.10 was out. If there's a reason to have it - beyond having the latest pretty thing - then let that case be made. (Allies gathered, the cause advanced, ....) If there's a reason we don't have it yet, then let's hear about that as well. Robert Huff
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