Re: podlators 5.00 released
[email protected] ("Ricardo Signes") Fri, 25 Nov 2022 19:23:54 -0500
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On Fri, Nov 25, 2022, at 17:53, Russ Allbery wrote:
> This is the first major release of podlators, which provides Pod::Man =
and
> Pod::Text, in some time.
Thanks, Russ! These libraries are really important and probably you don=
't get enough kudos for the many years you've spent keeping them going. =
Especially I want to call out=E2=80=A6
> This will hopefully mean the beginning of the end of mangling people's=
names and languages with X characters.
Taking old code and making this work reliably can be a real pain, especi=
ally without type checks to help you along the way. It's also really im=
portant, because it allows people to be represented and credited by the =
name that they actually know as their own.
I haven't installed v5 yet, but will do so sometime soon and see what sh=
akes out!
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rjbs
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Normal,p.MsoNoSpacing{margin:0}</style></head><body><div>On Fri, Nov 25,=
2022, at 17:53, Russ Allbery wrote:<br></div><blockquote type=3D"cite" =
id=3D"qt" style=3D""><div>This is the first major release of podlators, =
which provides Pod::Man and<br></div><div>Pod::Text, in some time.<br></=
div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Thanks, Russ! These libraries=
are really important and probably you don't get enough kudos for the ma=
ny years you've spent keeping them going. Especially I want to cal=
l out=E2=80=A6<br></div><div><br></div><blockquote type=3D"cite" id=3D"q=
t" style=3D""><div>This will hopefully mean the beginning of the end of =
mangling people's names and languages with X characters.<br></div></bloc=
kquote><div><br></div><div>Taking old code and making this work reliably=
can be a real pain, especially without type checks to help you along th=
e way. It's also really important, because it allows people to be =
represented and credited by the name that they actually know as their ow=
n.</div><div><br></div><div>I haven't installed v5 yet, but will do so s=
ometime soon and see what shakes out!<br></div><div><br></div><div>--&nb=
sp;<br></div><div>rjbs</div></body></html>
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