At 16:53 +0100 01.24.2001, Bart Lateur wrote:
>On Wed, 24 Jan 2001 10:09:24 -0500, Chris Nandor wrote:
>
>>>With the MacPerl 5.6.0 (alpha) release on the horizon (the next days?
>>>:), we will see if there are any things that need to be changed or
>>>added.
>>
>>I plan a source release RSN. Hopefully this week.
>
>Not to be a spoilsport...
>
>I recently read several messages on the Perl6 mailing lists, as if 5.6.0
>wasn't really "ready for prime time". It was "realeased too early", and
>"not very stable". All text between quotes are just paraphrases, but you
>get the gist.
I disagree. I use it quite a bit for my own stuff with no problems at all.
I find no problems with stability. The only problems I ever had with it
were when it was first released, and some modules did not work with it. In
fact, I daresay Apache 1.3.14 + mod_perl 1.24_01 + perl 5.6.0 is the most
stable setup I've ever had. I don't read
>Should "we" (er... not me, anyway ;-) really spend that much time on
>porting an unstable release? 5.6.1 is on its way.
This is something I plan to address in the announcement; basically, this
source release will be 5.6.0. Whether or not the final release will be
5.6.0 or 5.6.1 remains to be seen. We'll most likely make that decision on
macperl-porters, later. Most of the existing work being done is not on the
perl source, it is on the MacPerl source and build process. So I do not
anticipate much time lost or wasted if we decide to do the final release as
5.6.1.
Thanks,
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