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Date:      Fri, 16 May 2003 10:02:06 +0200
From:      Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>
To:        Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Perl version in -STABLE
Message-ID:  <xzpaddnfhfl.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
In-Reply-To: <20030516001541.U656@znfgre.qbhto.arg> (Doug Barton's message of "Fri, 16 May 2003 00:29:52 -0700 (PDT)")
References:  <xzpy918mk3y.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <20030516001541.U656@znfgre.qbhto.arg>

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Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.org> writes:
> I also think that this change would break faith with those users of
> RELENG_4 that were promised that the perl in that branch would never be
> upgraded. We don't even HAVE a 5.005_03 port, so those who depend on it
> would be left in the dust.

Those people are better served with running a security branch, where
Perl will never be updated.

DES
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Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org



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