Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:45:58 -0500 From: Adam Weinberger <adamw@FreeBSD.org> To: Sergey Matveychuk <sem@FreeBSD.org>, pav@FreeBSD.org, Sergey Skvortsov <skv@protey.ru>, Kirill Ponomarew <krion@voodoo.bawue.com>, ports-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: [ports] cvs commit: ports UPDATING ports/Mk bsd.perl.mk ports/lang/perl5.8 Makefile Makefile.man distinfo pkg-plist ports/lang/perl5.8/files patch-freebsd.sh patch-makedepend patch-perl.c patch-sv.c patch-utf-regcomp Message-ID: <20090115234558.GA15769@toxic.magnesium.net> In-Reply-To: <20090115204632.GF21073@tux.nerdheaven.dk> References: <200901132138.n0DLcosP013731@repoman.freebsd.org> <20090113213900.DC9031065703@hub.freebsd.org> <20090114160829.GA4867@voodoo.bawue.com> <496E14C7.70306@protey.ru> <20090114162715.GB4867@voodoo.bawue.com> <496E17FD.4000305@protey.ru> <1231953252.87647.45.camel@pav.hide.vol.cz> <496E309C.7080903@FreeBSD.org> <20090115204632.GF21073@tux.nerdheaven.dk>
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>> (01.15.2009 @ 1546 PST): Lars Balker Rasmussen said, in 0.5K: << > On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 09:36:12PM +0300, Sergey Matveychuk wrote: > > Pav Lucistnik wrote: > > >Sergey Skvortsov pí?e v st 14. 01. 2009 v 19:51 +0300: > > >>- rename lang/perl5 to lang/perl5.6 > > >Can I vote to just drop perl5.6 instead? > > Me too. 5.6 is complete useless nowadays. > > Absolutely. 5.6 needs to disappear. We're doing our users a serious > disservice by having lang/perl5 be 5.6. > > And 5.10.0 rocks. > -- > Lars Balker Rasmussen Consult::Perl >> end of "Re: [ports] cvs commit: ports UPDATING ports/Mk?bsd.perl.mk?ports/lang/perl5.8 Makefile Makefile.man distinfo?pkg-plist?ports/lang/perl5.8/files patch-freebsd.sh patch-makedepend?patch-perl.c patch-sv.c patch-utf-regcomp" from Lars Balker Rasmu While I agree that having lang/perl5 be 5.6 is lame (and makes a very clear statement that FreeBSD is unable to evolve), I don't see why everyone is insisting that 5.6 be removed from the tree altogether. Make a lang/perl port. Set it to always be the current stable version. Get rid of lang/perl5; nobody is going to want to install perl4. Once there is a lang/perl port that points to the *current stable version*, let perl@ create as many version-specific ports as their hearts desire. I've never understood why there was a lang/perl5 port. For god's sake, take a look at the tree from a new user's perspective and think, "If I wanted to install perl, where would I expect to find it?" # Adam -- Adam Weinberger adamw@magnesium.net || adamw@vectors.cx http://www.vectors.cx
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