[MacPorts] #48365: Ports should require perl5.22 instead of 5.16

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#48365: Ports should require perl5.22 instead of 5.16
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  Reporter:  mojca@…                             |      Owner:  macports-
      Type:  defect                              |  tickets@…
  Priority:  Normal                              |     Status:  new
 Component:  ports                               |  Milestone:
Resolution:                                      |    Version:
      Port:  ack ackmate amavisd-new archway     |   Keywords:
  argus-monitor auto-multiple-choice backuppc    |
  biblatex-biber bugzilla clearsilver cloc       |
  cpan2port cpuid cssh cutter cvsweb cws2fws-pl  |
  cyrus-imapd dc3dd ddclient demeter demeter-    |
  devel dirvish docbook-utils docbook2X dvdrip   |
  eperl exo (afb) extractopinion flac2mp3        |
  frozenbubble2 ftpsync fusioninventory-agent    |
  fwknop gdmap ghsum git git-cal glibmm globus-  |
  core gnome-bindings-perl5 gnucash gnucash-     |
  devel gnumeric gnupod grid-packaging-tools     |
  gtk-doc gtkmm GTorrentViewer help2man          |
  homebank hugin-app icon-naming-utils icoutils  |
  ikiwiki imageindex imapsync intltool           |
  latexdiff LaTeXML libbluray liboping-devel     |
  libpurple libsigcxx2 libxmlxx2 log2timeline    |
  magicspp mailqfmt makepasswd mb2md mediaserv   |
  metar metasploit2 mod_perl2 monarch moreutils  |
  mosh mtn-browse munin muttprint myrepos        |
  mysql-zrm mythtv-core.25 mythtv-core.26        |
  mythtv-core.27 mythweb.25 mythweb.26           |
  mythweb.27 nagios-plugins nedi net-snmp nfsen  |
  nrg openbrowser ossp-uuid patchutils pcsc-     |
  tools pearl pemail perfect_maildir perlprimer  |
  pflogsumm pidgin po4a postgresql_autodoc       |
  postgrey psh PsyncX pulseaudio rancid rpm      |
  rpm52 rpm53 rpm54 rrdtool rsnapshot sendpage   |
  shelldap signing-party sleuthkit smokeping     |
  snmptt snownews spidereyeballs sqlgrey stow    |
  subversion-perlbindings-5.16 swaks sympa       |
  system-tools-backends t-prot tablet-encode     |
  texinfo thieriot tinyca2 torrentsniff tsung    |
  vantages vcheck vit wakeonlan whois wml        |
  xchat-gnome xfce-utils xqf xserve-raid-tools   |
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Comment (by mojca@…):

 Let us first get to a point where we can get rid of Perl < 5.22 and let's
 discuss the improvements to the packaging itself in a separate ticket. (If
 we start waiting for the perfect solution, perl 5.30 will be out before we
 close this ticket :)

 Perl packaging is a painful issue, but we need to address the problem as a
 whole and think well about all aspect before rushing into any other
 solution (just to figure out that we would have to redo it soon after
 anyway).

 There is a huge number of Perl-related ports. Some link against Perl's
 dylib, some install additional modules (which can be installed anywhere,
 but if they end up under `.../5.22/...`, the port can't just switch to a
 different version of Perl without being rebuilt), some are ok even with
 the system perl, some need a large number of modules, ... some are a weird
 mixture of many of these aspects.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/48365#comment:15>
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