On Jun 2, 2021, at 3:29 AM, Ken Cunningham <[email protected]> 
wrote:
> Seems like a fine idea to me. Thing is, you actually don't want to be that 
> current anyway.

In actual practice I don't think there's real benefit in waiting before 
upgrading to the newest released perl (I don't have as much practical 
experience with python, so maybe it's different for newly released python 
version). 

> The priority is on everything working, not newest/coolest -- so if the 
> designated perl or python is several years old, that is most likely perfect. 
> Nothing we need it for needs this week's versions, or this year's.

Sure - but when things break because of a new version release, it's often 
easier to fix it right away rather than having to fix the last year's worth of 
changes in one batch (ie, do lots of small integrations rather than one big 
one).

I agree that the priority should be on just having one working version, though.

-- 
Daniel J. Luke

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