Stephen Adkins wrote:
> QUESTIONS: > * What benefits would result from raising the required level to 5.6.1? > (Someone already commented that the bugginess of 5.6.0 would preclude > us using that as a supported base.) i.e. What modules would we desire > to use that we could not if we had to support 5.5.3? You want to go with a higher version if: A. you need the functionality provided by this version B. you don't want to supply loads of ifdefs and their perl equivalents to support older versions. C. you want core bug fixed (like memory leaks) > * Same question for 5.8.0? As Matt said it doesn't exist yet. the highest version now is 5.7.2, talking about 5.7.3. My guess is that 5.8.0 would hit the streets around March 2001. But then just like with 5.6.0 doesn't expect it to be perfect. > * What about mod_perl? Are 5.8.0 and 5.6.1 both as well supported in > mod_perl as 5.5.3? mod_perl 2.0 currently requires 5.6.1, because of: A. the threads support (perl interpreter multiplicity needed to work with threaded Apache) B. Get rid of thousands of ifdefs in XS/C code we have now in mod_perl 1.x but since it wasn't released yet, chances are that more people will move to 5.6.1 when it gets released. It's possible that when it gets released the requirement will go up to 5.8.0. We've already started to use ifdefs and certain functionality is not available/incomplete under 5.6.1 (e.g. PerlIO layers). :( > * What versions of Perl ship with major Unix systems? Linux distributions? Most linux distros are coming with 5.6.1. Have no idea for other unices. Better ask in a broader forum. John Napiorkowski wrote: > Since perl is free to download and install, I don't see a big issue with > requiring the newest version. They will have to install the p5ee packages in any > case. This is very wrong, IMHO. A. Installing Perl is not easy unless you know-how or have a binary RPM/DEB/etc B. Consider ISPs which won't let you install/support a newer version If you shoot too high, there may be not enough birds there to catch for a good dinner. _____________________________________________________________________ Stas Bekman JAm_pH -- Just Another mod_perl Hacker http://stason.org/ mod_perl Guide http://perl.apache.org/guide mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ticketmaster.com http://apacheweek.com http://singlesheaven.com http://perl.apache.org http://perlmonth.com/
