Hi Chris,
> I'll try that version.
I sure hope you meant upgrading to Perl 5.8.2 (or higher) rather than
downgrading to MARC::Record 1.39_02. ;-)
This is just my un-asked for 2 cents, but I wouldn't stint on anything that
will make the processing of Unicode-encoded text easier. Last December seemed
to mark a tipping point for Unicode, both on the internet:
"Just last December [2007] there was an interesting milestone
on the web. For the first time, we found that Unicode was the
most frequent encoding found on web pages, overtaking both
ASCII and Western European encodings" [1]
...as well as for its use in MARC records:
"To facilitate the movement of records between MARC-8 and Unicode
environments, it was recommended for an initial period that the use of
Unicode be restricted to a repertoire identical in extent to the MARC-8
repertoire. [...] however, such a restriction is no longer appropriate.
The full UCS repertoire, as currently defined at the Unicode web site,
is valid for encoding MARC 21 records subject only to the constraints
described [in the current MARC 21 Specifications]." [2]
-- Michael
[1] The Official Google Blog: "Moving to Unicode 5.1"
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/05/moving-to-unicode-51.html
[2] MARC 21 Specifications: Unicode Encoding Environment
(revised December 2007)
http://www.loc.gov/marc/specifications/speccharucs.html
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christopher Morgan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 2:12 PM
> To: 'Bryan Baldus'; perl4lib@perl.org
> Subject: RE: Problem installing MARC::Record 2.0.0 under perl 5.8.0
>
> Brian,
>
> Thanks very much. I'll try that version.
>
> - Chris
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bryan Baldus [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 2:31 PM
> To: Christopher Morgan; perl4lib@perl.org
> Subject: RE: Problem installing MARC::Record 2.0.0 under perl 5.8.0
>
> On Tuesday, July 08, 2008 12:35 PM, Christopher Morgan wrote:
> >I am in the process of rebuilding my web site after a phishing site
> >break-in (yikes!). The site is fine now, and secure, but for some
> >reason I can't get MARC::Record-2.0.0 to install. I get an error
> >message saying that perl 5.8.2 is required, but that I only have perl
> >5.8.0. (And indeed I do have perl
> 5.8.0) But I'm pretty sure this version of MARC::Record *did* install
> under
> perl 5.8.0 that last time I tried.<
>
> MARC::Record 1.39_02 appears to be the latest version on CPAN that would
> work on 5.8.0. MARC::Record 2.x is incompatible with pre-5.8.2 versions of
> Perl due to Unicode-related changes. The change was announced in a
> Perl4Lib
> message "MARC::Record v2.0 RC1", sent Fri 5/20/2005 2:35 PM, by Ed
> Summers.
> [1]
>
> [1] <http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl4lib/2005/05/msg2070.html>
>
> I hope this helps,
>
> Bryan Baldus
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