Re: Perl version in 10.8, and 10.9?
Re: Perl version in 10.8, and 10.9?
- Subject: Re: Perl version in 10.8, and 10.9?
- From: Kevin Van Vechten <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2012 13:18:40 -0700
Hi Mark,
The biggest way the Perl community could help would be to make a strong commitment to preserving binary compatibility for modules between releases.
As it stands, once a major version of Perl is shipped with OS X it cannot be removed because it is specifically referenced by applications. That means that the Perl's support footprint (and percentage of the overall OS X download size) increases with each release.
Although 5.14 was available in time to include with Mountain Lion, doing so wasn't very appealing given that it would be so quickly obsoleted by 5.16 and we'd end up having to maintain 5.10, 5.12, 5.14 and 5.16. Unfortunately 5.16 wasn't released at a time that allowed for inclusion in Mountain Lion, so both were skipped.
Kevin
On Jul 30, 2012, at 2:17 PM, Mark Fowler < email@hidden> wrote: Hello,
I just installed 10.8 on my Mac and I note that it's still shipping with no-longer supported versions of Perl (5.10 and 5.12, current latest stable is 5.16.)
I wondered if there was any way the Perl community could help get the latest version of Perl in OS X 10.9. I suspect there's very good reasons why Apple didn't upgrade Perl in 10.8, and if nothing else it would be useful for the Perl community to know these reasons to inform decisions regarding its own release schedule.
So, is there anyone on this list who either themselves or who knows someone who is involved in the packaging of Perl for OS X? Is there any way that the Perl community could further contribute to this process (either directly, or by making changes to the release timings, etc.)
Mark.
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