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 ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __________________________________________________________________
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