From owner-freebsd-ports Sat Jul 20 11:44: 1 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C80A437B400 for ; Sat, 20 Jul 2002 11:43:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from heechee.tobez.org (254.adsl0.ryv.worldonline.dk [213.237.10.254]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2905943E31 for ; Sat, 20 Jul 2002 11:43:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tobez@tobez.org) Received: by heechee.tobez.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id BFB2EABF3; Sat, 20 Jul 2002 20:43:49 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2002 20:43:49 +0200 From: Anton Berezin To: "Christopher H. Laco" Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Perl 5.6 vs. 5.8: What will happen in ports? Message-ID: <20020720184349.GD476@heechee.tobez.org> Mail-Followup-To: Anton Berezin , "Christopher H. Laco" , freebsd-ports@freebsd.org References: <3479.63.114.73.70.1027095408.squirrel@mail.chrislaco.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3479.63.114.73.70.1027095408.squirrel@mail.chrislaco.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, Jul 19, 2002 at 12:16:48PM -0400, Christopher H. Laco wrote: > With the release of Perl 5.8, I'll assume it's only a matter of time > before it ends up in ports. > > Will the perl5 port be upgraded 5.6 -> 5.8, or is it time to make a > seperate port like perl5-current? It will be a separate port. I am not sure I like the name `perl5-current', though. I'd rather see it named perl58. > Personally, my vote is for a seperate port so people can choose > between the two..but that's just me. Very reasonable. =Anton. -- | Anton Berezin | FreeBSD: The power to serve | | catpipe Systems ApS _ _ |_ | http://www.FreeBSD.org | | tobez@catpipe.net (_(_|| | tobez@FreeBSD.org | | +45 7021 0050 | Private: tobez@tobez.org | To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message