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Date:      Mon, 12 Mar 2012 19:15:35 +0100
From:      Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org>
To:        "Philip M. Gollucci" <pgollucci@gmail.com>, g@FreeBSD.org
Cc:        perl@FreeBSD.org, portmgr@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: lang/perl changes
Message-ID:  <20120312181535.GB78358@azathoth.lan>
In-Reply-To: <4F5E2705.4080508@p6m7g8.com>
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On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 04:40:37PM +0000, Philip M. Gollucci wrote:
> So,
>=20
> 1st I have to apologize for the communication mix up.
>=20
> TIMELINE:
> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=3Dports/165457
>  removes perl < 5.12
>  changes default to 5.14.2 (NOT COMMITTED)
>=20
> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=3D165605
>   removes compat code for < 5.12
>=20
> UPDATING added
>=20
> UPDATING fixed
>=20
> Mk/bsd.perl.mk reverted to always include a DEFAULT case
>=20
> lang/perl5.8 and /lang/perl5.10 restored
>=20
> p5-Mail-Spamassassin and p5-Net-DNS reverted.
>=20
>=20
> If you want to truly revert this, pots/165605 needs to be reverted.  I
> should be able to accomplish that reasonably quickly (i.e) tonight if
> thats what we want and if we want a -exp run to test the revert or not.
>  If not, what else need I do to help.  I'll be available nearly every
> night this week from 9pm-1am EST.

Yes please revert it (at least what breaks usage with perl 5.8 and/or perl =
5.10)
If you are not 100% confident, it never hurts to ask an exp-run.

>=20
> This seems like a lot of fus for people that have been using an EOL perl
> for 3 yrs esp when we didn't change the default case.  What is the
> suggested DEPRECATED time for the now restored lang/perl files.
>=20
>=20
I'll suggest 3 month from now as a deprecation period, maybe a [HEADUP] mail
announcing this loudly would be a good idea the impact of such a migration.

regards,
Bapt

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