[MacPorts] #46322: p5-*: consistently remove Perl versions 5.8-5.14

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Sat Dec 27 01:13:20 PST 2014


#46322: p5-*: consistently remove Perl versions 5.8-5.14
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  Reporter:  mojca@…      |      Owner:  macports-tickets@…
      Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal       |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports        |    Version:
Resolution:               |   Keywords:
      Port:               |
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Comment (by larryv@…):

 Replying to [comment:11 mojca@…]:
 > Also, I wouldn't try to put extra spaces into the file just in order
 > to make it look nice. We would need 41 columns (not just 35) and that
 > makes the file size twice the original. It might be ok for Python, but
 > for Perl every byte that's saved counts.

 I think readability is much more valuable than saving a few kilobytes in
 this one file. Plus, there aren’t that many names that would overflow, and
 it isn’t a big deal when they do.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/46322#comment:15>
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