Paul, et al -- ...and then Paul Johnson said... % % On Mon, Aug 26, 2002 at 09:22:25AM -0400, David T-G wrote: % % > I see that 5.8 is out... Any thoughts on how stable it is and when we ... % > not to upgrade now... % % It depends what you are upgrading from. If you are running 5.6.1 and % you are happy with it then there's proably no need to upgrade. If you
I am, so there's that to consider. % are running anything else and you can upgrade then it might be % worthwhile. 5.8.0 has had an extensive development and test cycle, and % as far as I know there have been no major bugs reported since release. I figured the former, and it's good to know the latter. We may not see a patch release, eh? :-) % % Note that 5.8.0 is not binary compatible with previous versions so you % will need to recompile all your modules that use XS. I figured I'd need to recompile everything anyway :-) I'm the type who wipes and reinstalls rather than just upgrading. % % If you're interested in unicode or threads you should definitely % upgrade. There's the key... I'm academically interested in threads, so it might be worth it, but since I'm such an utter perl child (hey, I can spell JAPH and I'm doing well) we'll probably be at 6.0 before I could actually take advantage of threads. I'll probably just sit tight where I am... % % -- % Paul Johnson - [EMAIL PROTECTED] % http://www.pjcj.net Thanks again & HAND :-D -- David T-G * It's easier to fight for one's principles (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * than to live up to them. -- fortune cookie (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.justpickone.org/davidtg/ Shpx gur Pbzzhavpngvbaf Qrprapl Npg!
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