For some reason I thought 5.005 would be more compatible with 5.004 than 5.6.1 would be. Is that such a stupid notion?? :-)
Based on what people have said, I'll suggest we go with the latest version. Thanks all! > -----Original Message----- > From: Uri Guttman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 12:05 PM > To: Goldman, Richard PH/US > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Boston.pm] moving from 5.004 to 5.005 > > > >>>>> "RG" == Richard Goldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > RG> My department is considering Perl 5.005 over our > current 5.004 so > RG> that we can use BioPerl. Has anyone been through this > already? We > RG> rely heavily on a few modules such as DBI, Stat, PGPLOT, Error, > RG> etc. Should I expect any broken scripts? > > 5.004 is considered broken with respect to 5.005. :) that is > a very old > perl. you should probably jump all the way to 5.6.1 but that will > require a fresh install of any XS modules. and note that 5.8 is just > around the proverbial corner. > > but in general i wouldn't expect any modules to break with the newer > perl but installing fresh ones anyway will probably be best. > > uri > > > -- > Uri Guttman ------ [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------- > http://www.stemsystems.com > -- Stem is an Open Source Network Development Toolkit and > Application Suite - > ----- Stem and Perl Development, Systems Architecture, Design > and Coding ---- > Search or Offer Perl Jobs ---------------------------- > http://jobs.perl.org >
