In perl.git, the branch blead has been updated <http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/132664ae0f8c62fca1abe68d121df1502233bcdb?hp=859fe9a7a68654eb04a65d188e190c8bd1af63e6>
- Log ----------------------------------------------------------------- commit 132664ae0f8c62fca1abe68d121df1502233bcdb Author: Tony Cook <t...@develop-help.com> Date: Thu Feb 20 15:56:00 2014 +1100 record the 5.19.9 epigraph ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary of changes: Porting/epigraphs.pod | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+) diff --git a/Porting/epigraphs.pod b/Porting/epigraphs.pod index 49b1ff7..37957b8 100644 --- a/Porting/epigraphs.pod +++ b/Porting/epigraphs.pod @@ -17,6 +17,33 @@ Consult your favorite dictionary for details. =head1 EPIGRAPHS +=head2 v5.19.9 - R. A. MacAvoy, Tea with the Black Dragon + +L<Announced on 2014-02-20 by Tony Cook|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2014/02/msg213047.html> + +Old hands. The smell of rain--the smell of Ch'an. Quiet words in +rough Cantonese. "I am not to be your master. Your master has to be +stronger than you are--has to tell you you are a fool and make you +know it. And make you feel content in being a fool. How could I do +that for you? I'm old. You are too strong for me; you are full of +chi." The old man has paused then, huddled against the wind while +clouds thickened above them. + +"I will tell you this, Long," he continued, "Before you find yourself +you will lose your chi. Also you will leave behind you all pride of +body, pride of mind. You will be reduced. Like me." The old man +closed his eyes, and rain began to beat against his gray, crew-cut +hair. He pulled his coat closer. Suddenly his eyes snapped open and +he looked Long in the face. + +"You must leave China. Go across the ocean. There you will meet your +master." He set down his teacup with a palsied hand. His voice rose, +grew fierce. + +"I tell you this, most honored and impressive visitor. You are a +fool, yes, but you will find the very thing you seek. You will find +truth!" + =head2 v5.19.8 - Joseph Heller, Catch-22 L<Announced on 2014-01-20 by Ricardo Signes|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2014/01/msg211729.html> -- Perl5 Master Repository