Vincent Lefevre wrote:
While different python versions are incompatible, different perl
versions should be compatible (there are very few backward
incompatibilities, but modules based on them should be seen as buggy).
So, I'd say that perl5.10 should completely replace perl5.8, i.e. it
should provide ${prefix}/bin/perl, and if some modules ever fail with
5.10[*] and the bug can't easily be fixed, then the perl5.8 port could
provide a variant without ${prefix}/bin/perl.
You are right, although there's a lot of ports that are using
"bin:perl:perl5.8" (or port:perl and then ${prefix}/bin/perl)
that would probably be surprised when such a change is made...
--anders
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