I was previously creating an email outlining how various ISPs don't support 5.6.1 and that not all distributions of other UNIX derivatives update there Perl as frequently. Then I read this post and the one by Eduardo Arino de la Rubia.
People aren't going to be jumping to production with p5ee, something usable (production grade) is a long way off. So now my opinion has drifted more to the "Why not mandate 5.6.1 now and 5.8 when available?" We have to present the best possible solution since one goal is to help bring people back (and keep the ones we have :^) to Perl (or at least consider it) on an Enterprise level. I feel that mandating 5.5.3 support is limiting the development and will make many newer modules unavailable to many users. It would also force many developers to down grade their version of Perl most likely, which makes it more difficult for developers to setup and test what they have created for p5ee. I agree with the statement that people deploying (understanding) Enterprise grade solutions will control and be able to control the environment under which the solution is deployed, that is they will be able to install whatever version is needed to make p5ee work. How long do we think it will be before p5ee is something that someone other then a core developer would even want to look at? The answer to that will help determine if the previous 5.5.3 mandate is realistic. Aaron Johnson <shameless> Out of work Perl programmer. Resume at http://www.gina.net/resume.html </shameless> Joe Breeden wrote: > I have to agree with Tony. If a company is going to be using "enterprise" > software, they are going to have to control their hardware and be able to > install whatever software is necessary for their enterprise solution to > work. > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Tony Bowden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >>Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 12:24 PM >>To: Stas Bekman >>Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Subject: Re: Support for Perl 5.005 or not? (was: abstract >>methods (was >>Re: transient object data)) >> >> >>On Thu, Jan 03, 2002 at 01:53:31AM +0800, Stas Bekman wrote: >> >>>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 >>> >>Whilst I agree with these in the context of considering which versions >>of perl to support for a small web application that you wan't to be as >>'plug-n-play' as possible, I'm not so convinced in the >>enterprise world. >> >>I had thought the "target market" for much of this would be >>organisations >>who would probably have (pretty much) complete control over their own >>environments (bypassing 'B') and someone with enough clue to get a >>working version of perl... (although many places may not want >>to move to >>something too close to the bleeding edge, but if 5.6.1 is pretty >>standard now then I'd definitely say it should be fine). >> >>Or have I misunderstood? >> >>Tony >>-- >>-------------------------------------------------------------- >>------------ >> Tony Bowden | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.tmtm.com/ >> And if you need my >>attention Be bizarre >>-------------------------------------------------------------- >>------------ >> >> >
