On Wednesday, September 18, 2002, at 08:11 AM, Sherm Pendley wrote:
> On Wednesday, September 18, 2002, at 08:59 AM, Puneet Kishor wrote: > >> Last time I upgraded my stock Apple Perl I got creamed six ways from >> sunday. > > I would ask, why did you try to upgrade? Was there a particular > feature you needed that was present in a newer version of Perl, that > 5.6.0 lacks? > > well, I upgraded to 5.6.1... I didn't even go as far as 5.8.0. Why did I do it? - Because I was dumb and stupid. - Because I thought every thing new would be better. - Because upgrading was made relatively easy without any apparent caveat about uninstalling/rolling back being impossible. Now I go with the firm conviction that Apple engineers have infinite wisdom (iCal performance and bugginess notwithstanding ;-)... but that is another story). I will mess with the system only per their schedule, or only if my life depends on it. pk/
