Date: Thu, 15 May 2003 18:07:42 +0100 From: Tim Bunce <Tim.Bunce@pobox.com> To: Charlie Root <murray@freebsd.org> Cc: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> Subject: Re: Perl version in -STABLE Message-ID: <20030515170742.GP53138@dansat.data-plan.com> In-Reply-To: <20030515155313.GA390@freebsdmall.com> References: <xzpy918mk3y.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <20030515155313.GA390@freebsdmall.com>
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On Thu, May 15, 2003 at 08:53:13AM -0700, Charlie Root wrote: > On Thu, May 15, 2003 at 03:10:09PM +0200, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > > I would therefore like to suggest that the version of Perl in the > > -STABLE tree be upgraded to 5.6.1, which is old enough to be known- > > good (and not deviate too much from 5.005_03) and yet new enough to > > incoroporate some of the more useful improvements to have appeared > > since 1999. If memory serves, it also takes significantly less time > > to build than 5.8.0. > > I would also like to see this happen. I think the 5.6.1 upgrade > should have already happened in -STABLE, but it's better late than > never. Also, it has been announced that a future release of the perl DBI extension will require at least perl 5.6.1. Tim.
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