Date: Sat, 09 May 2009 14:25:36 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Jos Chrispijn <jos@webrz.net> Cc: Lars Eighner <luvbeastie@larseighner.com>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Perl upgrade Message-ID: <4A058450.2020606@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <4A058193.6040703@webrz.net> References: <4A05637C.1040005@webrz.net> <20090509064241.W51488@qroenaqrq.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz> <4A058193.6040703@webrz.net>
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Jos Chrispijn wrote:
> Lars Eighner wrote:
>> On Sat, 9 May 2009, Jos Chrispijn wrote:
>> The process described in UPDATING for upgrading to Perl 5.10 is=20
>> relatively
>> painless compared to previous perl upgrades. So much stuff depends up=
on
>> perl that:
> Do you recommend having Perl updated or should I stay with 5.8?
I've updated a number of machines to perl-5.10, and apart from the sheer
amount of stuff that needs re-installing it has been virtually painless.
Most publicly available perl modules are written to be compatible with
perl-5.8.3 or later and unless you're being bitten by some version specif=
ic
bug there's no really pressing reason to upgrade to 5.10 right now. On
the other hand, neither is there any really pressing reason /not/ to upgr=
ade.
It's all down to personal preference.
However, I expect the consensus on the minimum supported version to chang=
e
over time and more use to be made of 5.10 specific features, so I'd certa=
inly
recommend installing brand new machines with perl-5.10 in order to minimi=
ze
the potential for future pain.
Cheers,
Matthew
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