Date: Fri, 15 Mar 1996 21:42:27 -0600 (CST) From: Gary Clark II <gclarkii@main.gbdata.com> To: roberto@keltia.freenix.fr (Ollivier Robert) Cc: alk@Think.COM, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: To pick a (perl) fight! Message-ID: <199603160342.VAA26244@main.gbdata.com> In-Reply-To: <199603160249.DAA05011@keltia.freenix.fr> from "Ollivier Robert" at Mar 16, 96 03:49:50 am
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Ollivier Robert wrote: > > It seems that Gary Clark II said: > > The problem I see -- maybe falsely I admit -- is that the building process > is *far* more complex than it used to be with p5, especially when > extentions are concerned. I still think it will be too difficult to convert > the Makefiles and will not be worth it. Not much more than perl4 was for me. You just have to run configure, take the premade makefile apart and put it into bmake format. That all..:) > > I completely agree p5 is the way of the future but I am strongly against > putting it in the _base_ system because of the porting and maintainance > involved. > > Installed p4 is less than 1.5 MB. p5 is more than 7 MB. That's an argument > too. That would bloat us. True. > > Last question: who's gonna _maintain_ it ? This is why we should maybe wait until it gets more stable...:) > -- > Ollivier ROBERT -=- The daemon is FREE! -=- roberto@keltia.frmug.fr.net > FreeBSD keltia.freenix.fr 2.2-CURRENT #6: Mon Mar 11 20:18:10 MET 1996 Gary -- Gary Clark II gclarkii@FreeBSD.ORG gclarkii@GBData.COM
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