p5-* perl module ports question

[Bill Cole]

On 2023-06-20 at 03:11:46 UTC-0400 (Tue, 20 Jun 2023 17:11:46 +1000)
raf via macports-users <macports at raf.org>
is rumored to have said:

> Hi. All of the p5-* perl module ports have:
>
>   perl5.branches      5.28 5.30 5.32 5.34
>
> Why is that? There's a perl5.36 port,
> and there are perl5.16-perl5.26 ports.
>
> I'm curious. I was expecting to see a branch
> for all available versions of perl5.

Not all modules are compatible with all Perl versions. Not all ports are 
maintained diligently, so when a new version  of Perl is a available, 
not all ports get updated immediately.

Sometimes it's just a formality. For example, Mail::SpamAssassin v4.0.0 
was released before Perl 5.36 and so none of us on the SA dev team 
tested it with  5.36. We do not claim that it works with 5.36, although 
we expect that it will. Some packagers are very picky about such things.

Historically, Mojca has been the SME and the most heroic heavy-lifter in 
keeping MacPorts' Perl jungle usable.

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