On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 12:10 PM, Jonathan Rockway <j...@jrock.us> wrote:
> * On Thu, Apr 09 2009, Bill Ward wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 11:26 AM, Jonathan Rockway <j...@jrock.us> wrote: > > > > Most people I know compile one perl for each of their applications. > The > > OS perl is for the OS, not for you. (OK, and packages the OS > installs. > > Basically, if you plan on modifying anything perl touches in any way, > > you want your own perl install for that. Otherwise, yeah, you will > > break your OS. Why would this surprise anyone?) > > > > You'd be surprised... > > So maybe we should try educating users, instead of holding back the > ENTIRE COMMUNITY for their sake. > How about you write a "how to manage Perl on your system" doc and get it into the core as a new perlxyz perldoc file then.
