Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2015 16:46:53 +0100 From: Steven Hartland <killing@multiplay.co.uk> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [HEADS-UP] switching default Perl to 5.22 Message-ID: <55E0826D.3010200@multiplay.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <5A6C7397F3A2981378D973A5@ogg.in.absolight.net> References: <461477240AFB5D9AD3A9FA63@ogg.in.absolight.net> <20150828150602.GD40589@home.opsec.eu> <6AD029BD068C58EC519930B3@ogg.in.absolight.net> <20150828151334.GE40589@home.opsec.eu> <9730AEEC542187297E7042C6@ogg.in.absolight.net> <0cc0779f12948b7b3788038ba394eb9b@mailbox.ijs.si> <5A6C7397F3A2981378D973A5@ogg.in.absolight.net>
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On 28/08/2015 16:44, Mathieu Arnold wrote: > +--On 28 août 2015 17:34:49 +0200 Mark Martinec > <Mark.Martinec+freebsd@ijs.si> wrote: > | 2015-08-28 17:16, Mathieu Arnold wrote: > |> +--On 28 août 2015 17:13:34 +0200 Kurt Jaeger <lists@opsec.eu> wrote: > |> |> |> In one or two weeks, I'll be switching the default Perl version > |> to > |> |> |> 5.22, and from now on, the new Perl will be added at the end of > |> May > |> |> |> when released, and switched to at the beginning of September. > |> |> | > |> |> | mod_perl is still broken with 5.22. Which is very sad. So maybe > |> |> | it's premature to switch the default ? > |> |> > |> |> But, it was building when I added Perl 5.22 in May, when did it > |> break ? > |> | > |> | ohauer marked it broken on the 9th of June. > |> > |> Oh, maybe it did not work and I told myself "never mind, mod_perl never > |> works anyway" > | > | The lang/perl5.20 will still be in ports, for anyone that needs it. > | > | Being heavy Perl users we have switched to 5.22 when it hit the ports, > | and I have no complaints about it. > > Oh, yes, Perl 5.20 will still be until 2018-12-31, as will 5.18 until > 2017-12-31 and 5.16 until 2016-12-31 :-) > > But I'm talking about switching the default, it means people using packages > will not have mod_perl. (And you really can't use a non default Perl, and > binary packages for the rest.) > Yer that's not good :( Regards Steve
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