Most of the folks who are going to care about a Perl upgrade _right now_ are on this list. If some of us start shipping Perl-based apps now, however, an upgrade could affect end-users. So, maybe we should hope for a speedy upgrade to 5.8, including the most critical modules.
That said, what are these "critical modules" and what is their version status? Here is a start on a list:
Module Version ------ ------- CamelBones 0.2 (Alpha)
Mac::Carbon 0.03 (Beta)
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