test PCSI kits for Perl 5.18.0

Test installers for Perl 5.18.0 for OpenVMS 8.3 and later (Alpha or Itanium) are available at:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/vmsperlkit/files/

N.B.  SourceForge disallows dollar signs in file names, so after downloading you must rename the files from .PCSI_COMPRESSED to .PCSI$COMPRESSED for the product command to see the file.

If all goes well, the kits will be updated with "V" instead of "T" prefixing the version number and released as final kits in perhaps a week or two.  Give a shout if you spot any problems.

The command procedure used to produce the kits is available at:

https://sourceforge.net/p/vmsperlkit/code/ci/default/tree/perlkit/

You're welcome to use this to produce your own kits with different configuration options, but if you do, *please* change the package name to something other than "PERL" (e.g., put your initials in there or something).  That should keep folks from stomping on each others' alternate installations.

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Craig A. Berry
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