[MacPorts] #16830: RFE: Have only one perl5 package

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#16830: RFE: Have only one perl5 package
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  Reporter:  mcalhoun at macports.org  |       Owner:  mcalhoun at macports.org
      Type:  enhancement            |      Status:  assigned             
  Priority:  Normal                 |   Milestone:  Port Enhancements    
 Component:  ports                  |     Version:  1.6.0                
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Comment(by raimue at macports.org):

 The p5-* module ports already work with both versions of perl, they just
 need a correct ${prefix}/bin/perl symlink. But you can't install modules
 for both versions at the same time.

 Do you want perl5 with +perl5.8 and +perl5.10 variants which add
 dependencies and create symlinks? Or create a perl_select package as we
 have for python now?

 We should agree on one method (*_select or variants) and use it for all
 ports for which we provide multiple versions (python, ruby, perl).

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/16830#comment:19>
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