According to Aaron Van Couwenberghe: > On Sun, May 09, 1999 at 08:14:24PM -0700, Jim Lynch wrote: > > This means that upgrading perl (whenever it is done) will need the same > > degree > > of care applied as for dpkg, dselect, boot-floppies, debian-cd and all other > > essential parts of debian infrastructure, and -not- that of "just another > > app". > > You forget to mention some important points -- those new features in perl > 5.005 are both underdeveloped and buggy.
The only part of Perl 5.005 that could be described as "underdeveloped and buggy" is the threading. So I wouldn't suggest that Debian's default Perl have threading enabled. Otherwise, though, 5.005 is plenty stable -- it's on its third maintenance patch. All IMO, of course. But I am one of the core Perl developers, so my opinion is at least educated. -- Chip Salzenberg - a.k.a. - <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "When do you work?" "Whenever I'm not busy."