From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 23 19:19:31 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66A2716A46E for ; Wed, 23 Jan 2008 19:19:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kris@FreeBSD.org) Received: from weak.local (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E52FB13C501 for ; Wed, 23 Jan 2008 19:19:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kris@FreeBSD.org) Message-ID: <47979341.1000100@FreeBSD.org> Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:19:29 +0100 From: Kris Kennaway User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Macintosh/20071031) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20080123123511.3177137c@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <20080123123511.3177137c@scorpio> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Perl-5.10.0 in FBSD-7.0 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 19:19:31 -0000 Gerard wrote: > I have not been able to find any information in regards to the latest > version of Perl, version 5.10.0, released in December. > > 1) When will this version be available in the ports system? After 7.0 is released. > 2) Will FreeBSD-7.0 use this as the default Perl version? Not as it will be shipped, but users can upgrade to it later. I was going to say "easily upgrade", but that might turn out to be a lie :) Historically, new versions of perl are a recipe for large amounts of pain because of all the old perl code that stops working. It would be completely irresponsible to attempt that update prior to the release (and moreover, the packages are already finalized for 7.0 anyway, modulo security updates). Kris