On torsdag, maj 30, 2002, at 08:36 , Randy Kobes wrote:

>
> It would be very nice for the windows stuff - from what Doug
> figured, the problem I was having building modperl2 on Win32 may
> be related to something that has been fixed in perl-5.7.3. And so
> if I make up modperl2 ppm packages based on 5.7.3, chances are
> they won't be compatible with ActivePerl, based on 5.6.1. I could
> make up a perl-5.7.3 binary, but then there might be a problem
> with it using XS-based binary modules built with 5.6.1 (I tried
> installing Tk from ActiveState's ppm repository into my 5.7.3
> tree, but when I used it it complained that it couldn't find
> perl56.dll).
>

Since there is a perl 5.8RC1 coming this weekend (saturday) it makes 
sense to wait.

5.8 is declared not to be binary compatible with previous perls....

Arthur


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