From owner-freebsd-stable Wed Aug 8 3: 4:19 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from arb.arb.za.net (arb.arb.za.net [196.7.148.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C13C37B412 for ; Wed, 8 Aug 2001 02:36:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mark@grondar.za) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by arb.arb.za.net (8.11.3/8.11.3) with UUCP id f789VRC06607; Wed, 8 Aug 2001 11:31:27 +0200 (SAST) (envelope-from mark@grondar.za) Received: from grondar.za (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by grimreaper.grondar.za (8.11.5/8.11.4) with ESMTP id f77HU4Z54402; Tue, 7 Aug 2001 18:30:04 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mark@grondar.za) Message-Id: <200108071730.f77HU4Z54402@grimreaper.grondar.za> To: Eugene Grosbein Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PERL_THREAD References: <3B6F5CF4.676788F4@svzserv.kemerovo.su> In-Reply-To: <3B6F5CF4.676788F4@svzserv.kemerovo.su> ; from Eugene Grosbein "Tue, 07 Aug 2001 11:13:56 +0800." Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2001 18:30:01 +0100 From: Mark Murray Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > So, there is two questions: > > 1. When PERL_THREAD be revived? When it is properly stable in Perl (ie, when the perl developers stop acting embarassed about it) > 2. Why such serious change of functionality was done nearly silent? Because as near as we could work out, threaded Perl was as close to non functional as makes no difference, and on asking, we could find no-one using it. You are the first user of threaded Perl that I am aware of. :-) > Now we have solution of downgrading to RELENG_4_3 but what will be in the > near future when RELENG_4_4 will be forked from RELENG_4_4_RELEASE if latter > won't support PERL_THREAD? Why don't you use the port? ports/lang/perl5 M -- Mark Murray Warning: this .sig is umop ap!sdn To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message