Re: MakeMaker 6.57_08 (RC1)

[email protected] ((Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker)) Tue, 29 Mar 2011 16:05:02 +0100
Newsgroups perl.perl5.porters,perl.makemaker,perl.module-authors
Organization Program-, Informasjons- og Nettverksteknologisk Gruppe, UiO
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Michael G Schwern <[email protected]> writes:

> On 2011.3.29 10:33 PM, "Burak Gürsoy" wrote:
>>> On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 01:27:36PM +1100, Michael G Schwern wrote:
>>>
>>>> After 6.58 MakeMaker will seriously consider shooting 5.6 in the head...
>>> I
>>>> mean ending long term support.  That will make shipping Scalar::Util
>>> unnecessary.
>> 
>> Well, do 5.6 users upgrade their tool chain at all I wonder?
>
> They will want to install new modules and CPAN will only give them the latest
> ones.

This is what David Cantrell's CP5.6.2AN is for:
<http://cp5.6.2an.barnyard.co.uk/>

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