>> (01.15.2009 @ 1546 PST): Lars Balker Rasmussen said, in 0.5K: << > On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 09:36:12PM +0300, Sergey Matveychuk wrote: > > Pav Lucistnik wrote: > > >Sergey Skvortsov pí?e v st 14. 01. 2009 v 19:51 +0300: > > >>- rename lang/perl5 to lang/perl5.6 > > >Can I vote to just drop perl5.6 instead? > > Me too. 5.6 is complete useless nowadays. > > Absolutely. 5.6 needs to disappear. We're doing our users a serious > disservice by having lang/perl5 be 5.6. > > And 5.10.0 rocks. > -- > Lars Balker Rasmussen Consult::Perl >> end of "Re: [ports] cvs commit: ports UPDATING >> ports/Mk?bsd.perl.mk?ports/lang/perl5.8 Makefile Makefile.man >> distinfo?pkg-plist?ports/lang/perl5.8/files patch-freebsd.sh >> patch-makedepend?patch-perl.c patch-sv.c patch-utf-regcomp" from Lars Balker >> Rasmu
While I agree that having lang/perl5 be 5.6 is lame (and makes a very clear statement that FreeBSD is unable to evolve), I don't see why everyone is insisting that 5.6 be removed from the tree altogether. Make a lang/perl port. Set it to always be the current stable version. Get rid of lang/perl5; nobody is going to want to install perl4. Once there is a lang/perl port that points to the *current stable version*, let perl@ create as many version-specific ports as their hearts desire. I've never understood why there was a lang/perl5 port. For god's sake, take a look at the tree from a new user's perspective and think, "If I wanted to install perl, where would I expect to find it?" # Adam -- Adam Weinberger ad...@magnesium.net || ad...@vectors.cx http://www.vectors.cx _______________________________________________ cvs-all@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/cvs-all To unsubscribe, send any mail to "cvs-all-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
