Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2009 09:52:00 -0500 From: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> To: Valerio Daelli <valerio.daelli@gmail.com> Cc: User Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Port of perl 5.10 Message-ID: <18858.41232.35075.455290@jerusalem.litteratus.org> In-Reply-To: <27dbfc8c0903010603g32e1640fo49f8c55f652a28d9@mail.gmail.com> References: <27dbfc8c0903010603g32e1640fo49f8c55f652a28d9@mail.gmail.com>
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Valerio Daelli writes: > is there anyone working on a port of perl5.10? > I can only see ports of 5.8 and 5.6. > I can make a port of 5.10, it seems to compile flawlessly on > FreeBSD 7. _Many_ ports depend on perl, and each must be tested (and if broken hopefully fixed) before such an ungrade happens. I believe the recent jump from 5.8.8 to 5.8.9 took weeks of behind-the-scenes work. Now imagine what moving to 5.10 will likely involve .... Experienced help is always appreciated, and I commend the 20090113 entry of ports/UPDATING as having a contact point. Robert Huff
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