Re: [DOC PATCH] teach perlfaq1 about 5.10

[email protected] (Michael G Schwern) Wed, 12 Dec 2007 15:37:49 -0800
Newsgroups perl.perlfaq.workers,perl.perl5.porters
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Paul Johnson wrote:
> Questions:
> 
>  - Do we want to try to predict when Perl 6 will (or will not) be
>    released?  Am I accurate, or at least not inaccurate?

I think, given our past wild inaccuracies about Perl 6 predictions (ie. the
"by Christmas" running gag), that we should pull any predictions and simply
say what we know:  that there is no release date for Perl 6 and Perl 5 will
continue to be supported well after its release.


> @@ -107,18 +107,18 @@
>  
>  =item *
>  
> -There is no Perl 6 for the next couple of years.  Stay tuned, but don't
> +There will be no Perl 6 for at least a year.  Stay tuned, but don't
>  worry that you'll have to change major versions of Perl soon (i.e. before
> -2008).
> +2009).


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