randomly bumping things to require perl 5.30 vs 5.28 requires everyone to have both installed ...

[Ken Cunningham]

A simple used-to-be-quick  build of "curl" now requires two different perls installed.

Perhaps unavoidable in some cases, but if you look around the web, this is in fact the #1 complaint about MacPorts: bloat.

It might be an idea for the admins to "set" the perl version all ports will use (barring some actual real need for another), and then --- all-at-once -- change it to some new version to avoid this.

And ideally we could look at changing it once every few years.

Ken