>>>>> "Michael" == Michael G Schwern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Michael> I think you're wrong about forward compatibility. The point Michael> of 5.8.2 was to be compatible with 5.8.0 and 5.8.1. Its Michael> 5.8.1 that introduced the binary backward compat glitch with Michael> 5.8.0. Fortunately, Apple sidesteps that by never having Michael> released a 5.8.0. I am perhaps misremembering then. I recall seeing something on P5P that 5.8.2 focussed on being compatible with 5.8.0, and thus breaks with 5.8.1 in a few ways. It is still early in the morning here though. >> Thus, be careful how you do the packaging for fink perl packages... >> it's not just version number here. It's versionnumber plus threads, >> and no upward compatibility at the binary level. Michael> This is flat out wrong. I don't know about threads vs non-threads but Michael> binary compatibility should be preserved in the 5.8.x series between Michael> similarly configured Perls. Otherwise something's really broken. Threads are not compatible with non-threads. And the word "should" is of course the ideal there, but I think P5P admits dropping the ball on 5.8.0 vs 5.8.1. -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl training! ------------------------------------------------------- This SF. Net email is sponsored by: GoToMyPC GoToMyPC is the fast, easy and secure way to access your computer from any Web browser or wireless device. Click here to Try it Free! https://www.gotomypc.com/tr/OSDN/AW/Q4_2003/t/g22lp?Target=mm/g22lp.tmpl _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel
