Is there say a test that can be implimented that would test to determine wheather the program you are running will work under perl<whatever> and then pick that version of perl? That would really rock and would possibly be quite easy considering perl is a great tool for text manipulation and analysis.
On Mon, 10 Apr 2000, Phil Pennock wrote: > Typing away merrily, [EMAIL PROTECTED] produced the immortal words: > > You **need** clients to complain loudly when something breaks; otherwise > > how will you know? As for the lawyers, you'll hear from them > > if you upgrade or if you fail to upgrade. ;^) We've just found > > it easier to maintain consistent upgrades as a matter of **policy**. > > We found with experience that this doesn't scale all that well. Mind, > I work for a reasonably large ISP. > > When you have large corporate customers who make money from their sites, > they can be _very_ reluctant to make changes. Policy be damned if it's > not utterly and clearly specified in the contract and your customers > lose a few cents. :^( > > Result: despite trying to ensure /bin/perl5.003_03 etc, the fact that > we'd previously had /bin/perl as perl4 means that we had to give in and > put it back as just that. Unfortunately, this means that customers who > don't read the docs and just type /bin/perl get perl4. :^( Legacy > support is a problem, and a large one, which applies to more than just > web-sites. This is part of what support-departments are for, though - > pointing out to customers the stuff which is already documented clearly. > *coughs* > > I tried suggesting a phase-out policy for the contracts. I don't think > our contracts have that, unfortunately. Certainly not the oldest ones, > who are the ones most likely to be using perl4, etc. > > Hrm .. time to talk to the boss about having another go at phasing out > perl4 on the servers ... > -- > HTML email - just say no --> Phil Pennock > "We've got a patent on the conquering of a country through the use of force. > We believe in world peace through extortionate license fees." -Bluemeat > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
