ActiveState announces new ActivePerl builds of 5.12.3 (and 5.8.9)

ActiveState is pleased to announce ActivePerl 5.8.9 build 829,
and ActivePerl 5.12.3 build 1204, complete, ready-to-install
binary distributions of Perl.

Builds for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux are made freely available.
Builds for Solaris, HP-UX and AIX are available with ActivePerl Business
Edition. For detailed information or to download these releases, see:

  http://www.activestate.com/activeperl


What's new in ActivePerl
========================

* ActivePerl 5.12 is now based on the recent 5.12.3 release.

* The -d switch on the #! line will now properly invoke the debugger
  in Perl 5.12 (it already worked in 5.8.9 and 5.10.1).

* For Perl 5.8 on Mac OS X the Tk module has been compiled to avoid absolute
  references to the installed Perl version.  This makes it possible to run
  packaged Tk applications (using PerlApp) to run on OS X systems that
  don't have ActivePerl installed.

* All bundled modules have been updated to their latest stable releases.


Getting Started
===============

Whether you're a first-time user or a long-time fan, our free resources
will help you get the most from ActivePerl.

Mailing list archives:

  http://code.activestate.com/lists/activeperl/


Supported Platforms
===================

ActivePerl is available for the following platforms:

- Windows/x86   (32-bit)
- Windows/x64   (64-bit) (aka "AMD64")
- Mac OS X
- Linux/x86     (32 bit)
- Linux/x86_64  (64-bit) (aka "AMD64")

- Solaris/SPARC (32-bit and 64-bit) (Business Edition only)
- Solaris/x86   (32-bit)            (Business Edition only)
- HP-UX/PA-RISC (32-bit)            (Business Edition only)
- AIX/PowerPC   (32-bit)            (Business Edition only)

More information about the Business Edition can be found here:

  http://www.activestate.com/business-edition

Custom builds are available in the Enterprise Edition:

  http://www.activestate.com/enterprise-edition


Feedback
========

Everyone is encouraged to participate in making Perl an even better
language.

For bugs related to ActiveState use:

  http://bugs.activestate.com/enter_bug.cgi?product=ActivePerl&version=1204

For bugs related directly to Perl please use the 'perlbug' utility.

Enjoy!