lang/perl changes

[Baptiste Daroussin]

On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 04:40:37PM +0000, Philip M. Gollucci wrote:
> So,
> 
> 1st I have to apologize for the communication mix up.
> 
> TIMELINE:
> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=ports/165457
>  removes perl < 5.12
>  changes default to 5.14.2 (NOT COMMITTED)
> 
> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=165605
>   removes compat code for < 5.12
> 
> UPDATING added
> 
> UPDATING fixed
> 
> Mk/bsd.perl.mk reverted to always include a DEFAULT case
> 
> lang/perl5.8 and /lang/perl5.10 restored
> 
> p5-Mail-Spamassassin and p5-Net-DNS reverted.
> 
> 
> If you want to truly revert this, pots/165605 needs to be reverted.  I
> should be able to accomplish that reasonably quickly (i.e) tonight if
> thats what we want and if we want a -exp run to test the revert or not.
>  If not, what else need I do to help.  I'll be available nearly every
> night this week from 9pm-1am EST.

Yes please revert it (at least what breaks usage with perl 5.8 and/or perl 5.10)
If you are not 100% confident, it never hurts to ask an exp-run.

> 
> This seems like a lot of fus for people that have been using an EOL perl
> for 3 yrs esp when we didn't change the default case.  What is the
> suggested DEPRECATED time for the now restored lang/perl files.
> 
> 
I'll suggest 3 month from now as a deprecation period, maybe a [HEADUP] mail
announcing this loudly would be a good idea the impact of such a migration.

regards,
Bapt
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