On Mon, 01 May 2000 17:12:54 -0500, Cameron Dorey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Well, Jan, on this mailing list we have heard so much about modules not
>being available yet for 5.6 (and haven't seen any of Murray's "new
>modules" lists in a while, the one on the website is 5+ months old, but
>we can always "ppm verify" them for now), that some of us just can't
>upgrade yet. Which brings me to two followup questions: Are the future
>Win32 modules going to be in any way shape or form compatible with 5.005
>(I would appreciate 0.16, just to tide me over)? and Might one of you at
The libwin32 modules will build with Sarathy's old 5.004_02 binary
distribution (using Borland C 5.02), ActivePerl 5xx and ActivePerl 6xx.
0.16 hasn't been released yet because some of the backward compatibility
things haven't been put in yet. But it'll be out "soon".
>ActiveState put up on one of the main pages of the website (say the PPM
>main page or the AP download page) a link to an updated list of modules
>which are ppm'able for 5.6 (and maybe even a comparison with the
>versions still available for 5.005, in a table maybe) so we can see if
>what we need is available quickly without having to dig down, before we
>upgrade. Such data stuck out there in plain sight will eventually
>provide a compelling reason to upgrade for even the most stubborn of us
>late-adopters (like me ;) ).
You can see which modules are available for ActivePerl 5.6 on the Windows
platform here:
http://www.activestate.com/ppmpackages/5.6/x86/
-Jan
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