Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2002 12:56:01 +0200 From: Anton Berezin <tobez@tobez.org> To: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> Cc: "Christopher H. Laco" <chris.laco@threetech.com>, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Perl 5.6 vs. 5.8: What will happen in ports? Message-ID: <20020721105601.GK476@heechee.tobez.org> In-Reply-To: <3D3A8F84.2080501@Leidinger.net> References: <3479.63.114.73.70.1027095408.squirrel@mail.chrislaco.com> <20020720184349.GD476@heechee.tobez.org> <3D3A8F84.2080501@Leidinger.net>
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On Sun, Jul 21, 2002 at 11:40:04AM +0100, Alexander Leidinger wrote: > Anton Berezin wrote: > > >>With the release of Perl 5.8, I'll assume it's only a matter of time > >>before it ends up in ports. > >> > >>Will the perl5 port be upgraded 5.6 -> 5.8, or is it time to make a > >>seperate port like perl5-current? > > > > > >It will be a separate port. I am not sure I like the name > >`perl5-current', though. I'd rather see it named perl58. > > What about a repro-copy of perl5 to perl56 and go with perl 5.8 in > perl5? Seems to be more reasonable to me. Maybe in the future; right now 5.6 is significantly more mainstream than 5.8, and I would expect it to stay that way for some time. %Anton. -- | Anton Berezin | FreeBSD: The power to serve | | catpipe Systems ApS _ _ |_ | http://www.FreeBSD.org | | tobez@catpipe.net (_(_|| | tobez@FreeBSD.org | | +45 7021 0050 | Private: tobez@tobez.org | To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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