[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 vinc17 at macports.org):

 Replying to [comment:16 dluke@…]:
 > That would only be true if the module authors only released 'stable'
 versions of those modules with 'stable' versions of perl (which isn't the
 case).

 Only versions that goes back to the stable branch in question (e.g.
 because an important bug is fixed) are stable (individual authors of core
 modules can't decide for the whole project). But in such a case, you don't
 need a separate port for these modules: the upgrade of the perl port would
 be sufficient. BTW, that's the whole point of the ''stable'' status: don't
 introduce changes that could affect other software, just fix bugs (with
 special care of possible side effects).

 The question is whether you want perl + its core modules to be stable in
 MacPorts (meaning remain with the latest perl 5.8.x and the core modules
 distributed with it) or choose new versions as soon as they are released
 (or well tested[*], which is the case of perl 5.10).

 [*] This wasn't the case of perl 5.10.0 ''when it was released''; that's
 why that was a ''testing'' release. But this was 9 months ago, and since
 then, there has been 9 months of testing.

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