> Of relevance to mod_perl-2 Win32 users, ActivePerl just released > a beta version of their perl-5.8 binary; see > http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePerl/ > Because of binary incompatibilities with 5.6, there's a >separate 5.8 repository of ppm packages under > http://www.activestate.com/ppmpackages/5.8-windows/ > Such packages should be compatible with the perl-5.8 win32 > binary we have under > ftp://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/pub/other/perl-5.8-win32-bin.tar.gz > if you've been using that. > > Even though the ActivePerl package is beta, they've tested > it out beforehand and fixed some things compared to the > CPAN perl-5.8 sources; see > ftp://ftp.activestate.com/ActivePerl/src/5.8/ > for the diffs and for the complete sources used. > > If you're using mod_perl-2 on Win32 with perl-5.6.1 and have run > into problems (such as hanging registry scripts), you may want to > try perl-5.8. Over the next few days I'll make up a 5.8 Win32 ppm > repository with mod_perl-2 and some other common packages; I'll > post something later with the details. Unless there's a large > demand for mod_perl-1 stuff, this repository will just include > mod_perl-2 packages. > > -- > best regards, > randy kobes
-Chris
