RE: ActiveState announces ActivePerl 5.12.0 build 1200

2010-04-14 Thread Jan Dubois
On Wed, 14 Apr 2010, Jan Dubois wrote:
> 
> ActiveState is pleased to announce ActivePerl 5.12.0 build 1200,
> a complete, ready-to-install binary distribution of Perl 5.12.

Oops, forgot to mention 2 things:

* The PPM repositories for ActivePerl 5.12 are currently being built.
  Some modules are already there, but it may take another week or so
  to attempt to build *all* modules on CPAN for all platforms.

* The Perl Dev Kit does not yet support Perl 5.12.  This support will
  be added in an upcoming release.

Cheers,
-Jan



ActiveState announces ActivePerl 5.12.0 build 1200

2010-04-14 Thread Jan Dubois
ActiveState is pleased to announce ActivePerl 5.12.0 build 1200,
a complete, ready-to-install binary distribution of Perl 5.12.

Builds for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux are made freely available. Builds
for Solaris, HP-UX and AIX are available with ActivePerl Business
Edition. For detailed information or to download these releases, see:

  http://www.activestate.com/activeperl


New in ActivePerl 5.12.0 Build 1200
===

* New "package NAME VERSION" syntax
* The "..." operator
* Implicit "use strict"
* Unicode improvements
* Y2038 compliance
* qr// overloading
* Pluggable keywords
* Experimental \N regexp escape

Read an expanded version of this list on our blog:

  
http://blogs.activestate.com/2010/04/whats-new-in-activeperl-rollout-of-features-from-perl-5-12/

Or read the exhaustive list of changes in the perl5120delta document:

  http://docs.activestate.com/activeperl/5.12/lib/pods/perl5120delta.html

For some background information about the renewed Perl 5 development
efforts you may also want to read:

  http://blogs.activestate.com/2010/04/perl-5-is-alive/


Getting Started
===

Whether you're a first-time user or a long-time fan, our free resources
will help you get the most from ActivePerl.

Mailing list archives:

  http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Browse/Threaded/ActivePerl


Supported Platforms
===

ActivePerl is available for the following platforms:

- Windows/x86   (32-bit)
- Windows/x64   (64-bit) (aka "AMD64")
- Mac OS X
- Linux/x86 (32 bit)
- Linux/x86_64  (64-bit) (aka "AMD64")

- Solaris/SPARC (32-bit and 64-bit) (Business Edition only)
- Solaris/x86   (32-bit)(Business Edition only)
- HP-UX/PA-RISC (32-bit)(Business Edition only)
- AIX/PowerPC   (32-bit)(Business Edition only)

More information about the Business Edition can be found here:

  http://www.activestate.com/business_edition/

Custom builds are available in the Enterprise Edition:

  http://www.activestate.com/activeperl/enterprise


Feedback


Everyone is encouraged to participate in making Perl an even better
language.

For bugs related to ActiveState use:

  http://bugs.activestate.com/enter_bug.cgi?product=ActivePerl&version=1200

For bugs related directly to Perl please use the 'perlbug' utility.

Enjoy!