Are any -hackers reading here?

Hi,

I'm still working on developing some Amanda 'applications' using
the perl API ... making progress, but with some questions still
in play:

- Wiki suggests validate() could be run with no options, is that
  accurate?
  http://marc.info/?l=amanda-hackers&m=145686792909467&w=2

- $Amanda::Paths::localstatedir looks like it was intended as a
  place to store local state, $amdatadir was also suggested, is
  there a preference?
  http://marc.info/?l=amanda-hackers&m=145946122702620&w=2

- Is 'discover' an expected future subcommand, or an old idea
  that should be removed from the list?
  http://marc.info/?l=amanda-hackers&m=145686008806610&w=2

- What perl version and subset of modules should an application
  be restricted to? Wiki says perl 5.6.0 but is that old info?
  http://marc.info/?l=amanda-hackers&m=145952448006203&w=2


Thanks for any help. I especially want to be sure that I am not
using disallowed perl versions or modules.

Regards,
Chapman Flack