From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 5 14:05:33 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 942F516A4BF for ; Fri, 5 Sep 2003 14:05:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sccrmhc12.comcast.net (sccrmhc12.comcast.net [204.127.202.56]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CFE9B43FF7 for ; Fri, 5 Sep 2003 14:05:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from DougB@freebsd.org) Received: from 12-234-22-23.client.attbi.com ([12.234.22.23]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc12) with SMTP id <20030905210531012002etale>; Fri, 5 Sep 2003 21:05:32 +0000 Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2003 14:05:31 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Barton To: jeff In-Reply-To: <002901c373e9$ce215110$620aa8c0@pctech1> Message-ID: <20030905140348.P90946@12-234-22-23.pyvrag.nggov.pbz> References: <002901c373e9$ce215110$620aa8c0@pctech1> Organization: http://www.FreeBSD.org/ X-message-flag: Outlook -- Not just for spreading viruses anymore! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Perl X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 05 Sep 2003 21:05:33 -0000 On Fri, 5 Sep 2003, jeff wrote: > With numerous ports now requiring perl 5.6 or newer will perl be a newer > version in the base of 4.9? No. That would violate what we refer to as The Principle of Least Astonishment, or POLA for short. The whole definition of -stable is that some things remain the same for the life of the branch. To change it now would be breaking faith with the people who depend on it staying the same. As someone else pointed out, there are plenty of options for people who need newer perl on their -stable systems. Hope this helps, Doug -- This .signature sanitized for your protection