[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 dluke at macports.org):

 Replying to [comment:13 ricci@…]:
 >       Their language isn't the best

 I totally agree.

 >       To me that says they want you to use 5.10.0 so it gets widespread
 testing, but if you have production-quality needs, you should use a
 version that's in
 'maint' rather than 'testing'.  I don't see anywhere else where 5.10.0 is
 recommended for new installs.

 http://www.perl.org/get.html "Stable Release -> Perl 5.10.0, Previous
 Stable Release -> Perl 5.8.8"

 Debian/stable picking up 5.10.0 is indicative of its status as well.

 >       Yes, I read that your description of the @INC change was the
 inversion of the @INC paths so that the macports-installed versions would
 be picked up first (I see tickets #12710 and #12950 exist about this,
 there may be more), I was commenting more about the dangers using a non-
 versioned @INC path.

 Yep. (I'll leave it to others to decide if those problems are easier or
 harder to solve).

 >       I'm all for doing the @INC inversion (ala FreeBSD ports).

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/16830#comment:14>
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