> > It is about catalystframework, which is in the perl-experimental overlay (a > misnomer if ever there was one, "experimental"). It is about perl 5.10.0, > which is long overdue for making it into the tree (never mind just into an > overlay).
You want to upgrade to perl 5.10.0 on an experimental/testing box? Or do you need perl 5.10.0 for a production environment? > > > Also, it is about the (likely) painful migration that will come and how to > get informed now. > If there is a migration to perl 5.10.0 in the future, it will be as smooth as possible for users, especially those who stick to all non-~x86 or custom packages. Worst case scenario is that you'll have to follow an official guide that has you run some extra commands to ensure that upgrade goes through without problems for Gentoo users. perl 5.10.0 will not be marked stable until all upgrade issues are cleared either via appropriate documentation (official upgrade guide) or via bug fixes elsewhere. > > However, it pretty much confirms, by omission, that there are no > plans/actions by the gentoo tree maintainers to address perl 5.10.0, I have > to assume, or someone would have mentioned it. (But how to find out for > sure?) > > And anyone else who runs into this (I must be the only one, though) will > see a resolved bug. Is that a problem..?? > > If you need perl 5.10.0 in a production environment, now or in the future, then you might as well file a bug in bugs.gentoo.org requesting that perl 5.10.0 be put into the tree and stabilized. If there is enough interest by users and developers in getting 5.10.0 into the tree and stable, then you will likely see this bug resolved. If on the other hand you are the only one interested, then unfortunately you'll have to do the work in doing the work. I am confused about what you're intentions and needs are. Hopefully I've addressed some of your concerns or worries.
