Re: Time for a Revolution

[Randy W. Sims]

Adam Kennedy wrote:
Unlike what others said, "core" perl shouldn't be the vehicle for 
this, most likely, given the more stringent support and backwards 
compatibility.  We want to be able to change the composition of 
"PerlPlus" overtime, and once things go into core, they're pretty stuck.

I should note for the record that the concept of "core" has only about 6 
months left to live.

I had a chat with Larry at the YAPC hackfest about solving this problem 
more thoroughly for Perl 6 (and back-porting the solution to Perl 5), 
and I think we are in agreement. So I'll be dealing with this general 
area (core, preferred sets of modules) starting with perlmodlib and 
working outwards, in about a month when my main work project is slowing 
a bit and I have more than just a spare 10 minutes to reply to mailing 
lists.

Why? Oh, why do people lately insist on offering up enticing tidbits of 
/what is to be the next great ordained (core|6pan|etc)/ without offering 
the community a chance to comment or participate? =(

Randy.