Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 20:49:55 +0400 From: Andrej Zverev <az@freebsd.org> To: Tom Hukins <tom@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-perl@freebsd.org Subject: Re: announcement of future perl changes. Message-ID: <CAD5bB%2BiucsFVTgkeqR-QYCbA33-UEhi8ZV9-3oPeCnqA9c1_NQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20130611160222.GE35400@eborcom.com> References: <CAD5bB%2BjZgA9nNDC_cJP3T8VPW4%2BvgN2Y4Boh_5ca==BjyxZWPw@mail.gmail.com> <20130611151127.GD35400@eborcom.com> <CAD5bB%2BhYifjBky17tMBk9JXJsicQWNCc2mVyaj94tuLmbittEw@mail.gmail.com> <20130611160222.GE35400@eborcom.com>
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On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 8:02 PM, Tom Hukins <tom@freebsd.org> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 07:38:28PM +0400, Andrej Zverev wrote: > > I'm sorry but I don't get idea at all. Why do i need argue on > > perl5-ports? and I don't see how I'm trying to violate POLA. > > Can you explain in more details, please? > > Thank you for your quick reply. I apologise for my confusing reply. > I'll try to explain better: > > You propose replacing major.minor.patch with major.minor for Perl 5 in > FreeBSD's ports and packages. If this change makes sense, why > restrict it to these? Why not share it with perl users everywhere? > You asking me almost same thing like: if we change PREFIX for port, why don't share such information with other people. In reality I did not hack perl source code itself, all what i did is avaliable for all perl users (via configuration). Well, you can look at debian or fedora and maybe more distros which already done such trick. > > Furthermore, by restricting discussion to this list, and not > perl5-porters, you fail to validate your assumption that the patch > level of the version number will never include API/ABI changes. My patch only change directory (part of it) where perl will be installed. Every other aspects still remain (binary name and etc). perl5-porters don't need to be involved. > If > you haven't validated this assumption, what do you plan to do if it > turns out to be false? > tt > As for POLA, perl users everywhere will expect major.minor.patch > because it's how perl installs itself. If FreeBSD changes this for > ports and packages, we become a not-quite-perl ghetto that subtly > forks the standard distribution. > Hell no! :-) In your terms this mean we do violating POLA with every perl upgrade. > > I hope I have expressed my concerns better this time. > hope same from my side. I think that your fears are meaningless. This change can only lead to simplify all freebsd users life, but not inverse. > > Tom > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-perl@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-perl > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-perl-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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