Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 11:03:34 +0100 From: Mathieu Arnold <mat@mat.cc> To: "Philip M. Gollucci" <pgollucci@p6m7g8.com>, Kris Kennaway <kris@freebsd.org> Cc: perl@freebsd.org, skv@FreeBSD.org, portmgr <portmgr@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Status of perl 5.10 Message-ID: <71920C28EEEA8FADF465A072@ATuin.in.mat.cc> In-Reply-To: <497CD7D6.5000403@p6m7g8.com> References: <497AE877.1050103@FreeBSD.org> <20090124131813.GF8987@bc3.lsu.edu> <497B1B74.1060300@FreeBSD.org> <497CD7D6.5000403@p6m7g8.com>
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+--On 25 janvier 2009 16:21:26 -0500 "Philip M. Gollucci" <pgollucci@p6m7g8.com> wrote: |>>> Can someone give us an update on what is the status of preparation |>>> for importing perl 5.10? Who is working on it; what are the |>>> remaining obstacles; what can we do in future to avoid the delays? | w/ mod_perl hat (and p5p-), I think the largest obstacle really is | setting CONFLICTS | and getting -exp runs. | | I mean perl 5.10 compiles on freebsd. Creating the port can be done | fairly quickly. | leaving lang/perl5.8 as the default. If portmgr@ wants to do an -exp | run, I take a whack at it today. | | Its going to react fairly similiar to the 5.8.9 import, the only | differnce is *MORE* | modules are now dual life and in core. Which means more ugly .if | PERL_VER >. I think you all should ask the perl maintainer, that is, which is, if I'm not mistaken, skv@ who took over from tobez@ so that he could do the 5.10 import. -- Mathieu Arnold
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