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Date:      Tue, 13 Aug 2013 17:23:08 -0400
From:      Jerry <jerry@seibercom.net>
To:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: perl-5.12.5 This port is marked DEPRECATED
Message-ID:  <20130813172308.66728811@scorpio>
In-Reply-To: <520A8EB4.9070206@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <520A891D.7070201@intersonic.se> <520A8EB4.9070206@FreeBSD.org>

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On Tue, 13 Aug 2013 12:53:24 -0700
Ade Lovett articulated:

> On 8/13/2013 12:29, Per olof Ljungmark wrote:
> > OK, fine.
> >
> > And what should we replace it with on a production 9.2-PRERELEASE?
> > 5.14? 5.16? 5.,18?
> >
> > Which would be least painful?
> 
> 5.16 (which is slated to become the default if I recall correctly).
> 
> 5.18 has some interesting backwards incompatibilities.

Unless I am mistaken, perl-5.18 is not even in the ports system.
Keeping it out simply because some applications may not be 100%
compatible is going to cause more problems than it corrects.

-- 
Jerry ♔

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