Re: [DOC PATCH] teach perlfaq1 about 5.10

On Dec 13, 2007 2:29 AM, Nicholas Clark <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 12, 2007 at 03:37:49PM -0800, Michael G Schwern wrote:
> > 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.
>
> It is useful, or is it marketing/advocacy to explain why? That Perl 6, like
> any open source project, determines when to release based on readiness, rather
> than some compromise between the desires of engineering and marketing
> departments.
>
> [I don't feel that I phrased that as well as it could be phrased]
>
> Nicholas Clark
>


-There is no Perl 6 for the next couple of years.  Stay tuned, but don't
- worry that you'll have to change major versions of Perl soon (i.e. before
-2008).
+ Perl 6, as an open source project driven by volunteers, determines when
+ to release based on readiness rather than on a drunken compromise
+ between the engineering and marketing departments.