Re: PSC #218 2026-03-16

On Wed, Mar 18, 2026 at 6:51 PM Karl Williamson via perl5-porters <
[email protected]> wrote:

> On 3/16/26 19:24, Aristotle Pagaltzis via perl5-porters wrote:
> > - We discussed the state of Devel::PPPort. It has been outdated for some
> >    time and needs to be unstuck.
>
> I have >200 commits towards a new release of this.  But then I realized
> there was overlap between it and regen/embed.pl, which I've been working
> on ever since,.
>
> If there had been a call to release a new version, I would have done so,
> with the bare minimum needed.
>

Sounds like we had an incorrect understanding :-).


> As it is, I hope to get it done or nearly so at the PTS in Vienna
>

Great! That may be an opportunity to work on another issue: we have way to
few people understand how to deal with Devel::PPPort.

I for one have at least two symbols I'd really like to add to it because
I've needed them repeatedly.

Leon