[ports] cvs commit: ports UPDATING ports/Mk bsd.perl.mk ports/lang/perl5.8 Makefile Makefile.man distinfo pkg-plist ports/lang/perl5.8/files patch-freebsd.sh patch-makedepend patch-perl.c patch-sv.c patch-utf-regcomp

[Sergey Skvortsov]

On 14.01.2009 19:27, Kirill Ponomarew wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 07:37:27PM +0300, Sergey Skvortsov wrote:
>> On 14.01.2009 19:08, Kirill Ponomarew wrote:
>>> On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 09:39:00PM +0000, Sergey Skvortsov wrote:
>>>> skv         2009-01-13 21:38:50 UTC
>>>>
>>>>   FreeBSD ports repository
>>>>
>>>>   Modified files:
>>>>     .                    UPDATING 
>>>>     Mk                   bsd.perl.mk 
>>>>     lang/perl5.8         Makefile Makefile.man distinfo pkg-plist 
>>>>     lang/perl5.8/files   patch-freebsd.sh patch-perl.c 
>>>>   Added files:
>>>>     lang/perl5.8/files   patch-sv.c 
>>>>   Removed files:
>>>>     lang/perl5.8/files   patch-makedepend patch-utf-regcomp 
>>>>   Log:
>>>>   Update to 5.8.9
>>> What was the reason to update to 5.8.9 and not to 5.10?
>> Port lang/perl5.10 will be a separate port.
> 
> Could you elaborate on this topic and explain the reason for separate port?

Because 5.8.x != 5.10.x.

Because it is different branch of perl.

In the nearest time I plan to:

- rename lang/perl5 to lang/perl5.6

- add lang/perl5.10

- switch to perl5.10 as default perl version (in bsd.perl.mk) only after
5.10.1 will be released (or maybe even later)

- (maybe) create meta-port lang/perl5 (like lang/python do)

-- 
Sergey Skvortsov
mailto: skv at protey.ru