How soon is perl-5.8.7 coming? Freeze for test3 is coming April 27th, so if we want perl-5.8.7 in we need upgrade it, test and fix all dependencies and prove that it doesn't cause widespread problems by the 26th.
It is highly unlikely we will be able to upgrade to perl-5.8.7 after test3 unless the change is really only minor. How large of a difference is it between 5.8.6 and 5.8.7? It maintains binary compat right? Any other potential issues?
Warren Togami wtogami@redhat.com
Warren,
How soon is perl-5.8.7 coming? Freeze for test3 is coming April 27th, so if we want perl-5.8.7 in we need upgrade it, test and fix all dependencies and prove that it doesn't cause widespread problems by the 26th.
I don't think perl 5.8.7 will be released in time.
In February Nicholas Clark (the current perl 5.8 pumpkin manager) announced the release was imminent (http://www.mail-archive.com/perl5-porters@perl.org/msg84936.html). Last month (2005-03-31) I send him an email requesting furthert information and he replied that he expected to release it in the next three weeks and until now I haven't seen no new developments (emails, snapshots, RCs) in the perl5-porters mailing list.
It is highly unlikely we will be able to upgrade to perl-5.8.7 after test3 unless the change is really only minor. How large of a difference is it between 5.8.6 and 5.8.7? It maintains binary compat right? Any other potential issues?
Perl 5.8.7 shouldn't have new features, only bug corrections and core modules updates (eg: Time::HiRes, CGI, ...).
It is expected to maintain binary compat (all major perl versions do that - 5.6 and 5.8; perl 5.8.1 being the exception).
Regards, jpo
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