Gentlemen, don't you think it's time for some updates?
For example, Perl. It's too old, 14 years is a bit too much to run most of the CPAN modules. Or GCC. I'd like to see at least 6.5 in 2024. Or openvpn. The current version is outdated.
Redis is generally archaic, given that 5.0.14 is built from sources on Solaris 10 without any problems.
I understand that the problem of maintainers has not gone away and in general - if you want something, build it yourself.
But let's at least refresh Perl and GCC a little, okay? They are hopelessly ancient. If I can build a compiler from sources myself, whichever I like, then I couldn't build Perl. Not with any attempt.
Maybe there are newer versions posted somewhere and I just don't see them? For example, in unstable or testing?
WBR, Yuri
