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Date:      Sat, 20 Jul 2002 20:43:49 +0200
From:      Anton Berezin <tobez@tobez.org>
To:        "Christopher H. Laco" <chris.laco@threetech.com>
Cc:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Perl 5.6 vs. 5.8: What will happen in ports?
Message-ID:  <20020720184349.GD476@heechee.tobez.org>
In-Reply-To: <3479.63.114.73.70.1027095408.squirrel@mail.chrislaco.com>
References:  <3479.63.114.73.70.1027095408.squirrel@mail.chrislaco.com>

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On Fri, Jul 19, 2002 at 12:16:48PM -0400, Christopher H. Laco 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.

> Personally, my vote is for a seperate port so people can choose
> between the two..but that's just me.

Very reasonable.

=Anton.
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