#46749: mod_perl2: add variants +perl5_18 +perl5_20 --------------------------+-------------------- Reporter: devans@… | Owner: ryan@… Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: Resolution: | Keywords: Port: mod_perl2 | --------------------------+-------------------- Comment (by mojca@…): Replying to [comment:6 devans@…]:
Replying to [comment:3 mojca@…]:
Also, we should start the transition to switch the default Perl. I don't consider the few remaining modules that miss support for 5.20 to be showstoppers.
This is OT for this ticket but I think we need to stabilize at the perl5.16 level before trying to move on.
What do you mean by stabilize?
Some issues remaining:
* fix issues that restrict some ports to perl5.16 such as this one
But this one is not a case where the port wouldn't work with 5.20. It's just that it won't work with multiple versions at once. And it will probably never work with multiple versions, even if we support 5.20.
* remove 5.8-5.14 support/variants in perl5 * remove perl5.8 through perl5.14, now largely useless without extension module support.
Removing perl5.8-5.14 can be done quickly and independent of everything else. And it's not really a showstopper in any way. (Even if those four ports would remain, it's not really a problem.) We just need to make sure that removing support for variants 5.8-5.14 won't break the graveyard ports.
Perhaps a good point to switch would be when 5.22 is released. Is there a target release date?
Are you suggesting a switch to 5.20 or 5.22? I don't know if there are any target release dates, but if you look at http://www.cpan.org/src/README.html you'll see that for the last four to five years the versions 5.12-5.20 have always been released in May (5.12 in mid April). And 5.19.x is released on 20th each month. I would expect 5.22 to be released around 20th May. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/46749#comment:7> MacPorts <https://www.macports.org/> Ports system for OS X