Re: Perl 6 just hit

[Paul Robert Marino]

Perl 5 isn't going any where any time soon.
surprisingly you can actually get working Perl 4 RPMs for SL7.
besides there is too much C code linked to lib Perl 5 like Git for example

On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 4:24 PM, Natalia Ratnikova  wrote:
> Hi All,
> With Perl 6 on the scene, is Perl 5 expected to continue to get full support
> within SL?
> Thanks.
>Natalia.
>
>
> On 12/28/16 3:09 PM, Paul Robert Marino wrote:
>>
>> Well I'm hoping my multi-threaded code will actually be able to use
>> multiple CPU cores on Linux. its worked on Solaris for a long time but
>> for some reason its always been CPU core bound on Linux.
>> Also I would like to start a local Perl 6 work group for Perl 5
>> programmers looking to port their code. there is one for active Perl 6
>> projects but they don't want any one who doesn't already have an
>> active Perl 6 project to attend. I asked them very politely for a
>> clarification on their policy and didn't not get a response. I didn't
>> get a reply but I know other Perl 5 programmers who showed up looking
>> to get porting tips, and were asked to leave because they weren't
>> currently Perl 6 programmers, which is a very poor approach to take if
>> you really want to rebuild the Perl community.
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 27, 2016 at 8:55 PM, ToddAndMargo 
>> wrote:

 On Tue, Dec 27, 2016 at 8:28 PM, ToddAndMargo 
 wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> Perl 6 just hit EPEL: rakudo-star.x86_64 0:0.0.2016.11-1.el7
>
> -T
>
> --
> ~~
> Computers are like air conditioners.
> They malfunction when you open windows
> ~~
>>>
>>>
>>> On 12/27/2016 05:53 PM, Paul Robert Marino wrote:

 Cool
 I guess that means I really should start writing in Perl 6

>>> I am looking forward to the improved way of passing variables to
>>> subroutines.  :-)
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> ~~
>>> Computers are like air conditioners.
>>> They malfunction when you open windows
>>> ~~

Re: Perl 6 just hit

[Mark Stodola]

Seeing as how it is only in EPEL (Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux), 
I wouldn't expect any change of support for TUV/SL for currently 
maintained releases.



On 12/28/2016 03:24 PM, Natalia Ratnikova wrote:

Hi All,
With Perl 6 on the scene, is Perl 5 expected to continue to get full
support within SL?
Thanks.
   Natalia.

On 12/28/16 3:09 PM, Paul Robert Marino wrote:

Well I'm hoping my multi-threaded code will actually be able to use
multiple CPU cores on Linux. its worked on Solaris for a long time but
for some reason its always been CPU core bound on Linux.
Also I would like to start a local Perl 6 work group for Perl 5
programmers looking to port their code. there is one for active Perl 6
projects but they don't want any one who doesn't already have an
active Perl 6 project to attend. I asked them very politely for a
clarification on their policy and didn't not get a response. I didn't
get a reply but I know other Perl 5 programmers who showed up looking
to get porting tips, and were asked to leave because they weren't
currently Perl 6 programmers, which is a very poor approach to take if
you really want to rebuild the Perl community.

On Tue, Dec 27, 2016 at 8:55 PM, ToddAndMargo 
wrote:

On Tue, Dec 27, 2016 at 8:28 PM, ToddAndMargo 
wrote:

Hi All,

Perl 6 just hit EPEL: rakudo-star.x86_64 0:0.0.2016.11-1.el7

-T

--
~~
Computers are like air conditioners.
They malfunction when you open windows
~~


On 12/27/2016 05:53 PM, Paul Robert Marino wrote:

Cool
I guess that means I really should start writing in Perl 6


I am looking forward to the improved way of passing variables to
subroutines.  :-)


--
~~
Computers are like air conditioners.
They malfunction when you open windows
~~

Re: Perl 6 just hit

[Natalia Ratnikova]

Hi All,
With Perl 6 on the scene, is Perl 5 expected to continue to get full 
support within SL?

Thanks.
   Natalia.

On 12/28/16 3:09 PM, Paul Robert Marino wrote:

Well I'm hoping my multi-threaded code will actually be able to use
multiple CPU cores on Linux. its worked on Solaris for a long time but
for some reason its always been CPU core bound on Linux.
Also I would like to start a local Perl 6 work group for Perl 5
programmers looking to port their code. there is one for active Perl 6
projects but they don't want any one who doesn't already have an
active Perl 6 project to attend. I asked them very politely for a
clarification on their policy and didn't not get a response. I didn't
get a reply but I know other Perl 5 programmers who showed up looking
to get porting tips, and were asked to leave because they weren't
currently Perl 6 programmers, which is a very poor approach to take if
you really want to rebuild the Perl community.

On Tue, Dec 27, 2016 at 8:55 PM, ToddAndMargo  wrote:

On Tue, Dec 27, 2016 at 8:28 PM, ToddAndMargo 
wrote:

Hi All,

Perl 6 just hit EPEL: rakudo-star.x86_64 0:0.0.2016.11-1.el7

-T

--
~~
Computers are like air conditioners.
They malfunction when you open windows
~~


On 12/27/2016 05:53 PM, Paul Robert Marino wrote:

Cool
I guess that means I really should start writing in Perl 6


I am looking forward to the improved way of passing variables to
subroutines.  :-)


--
~~
Computers are like air conditioners.
They malfunction when you open windows
~~

Re: Perl 6 just hit

[Paul Robert Marino]

Well I'm hoping my multi-threaded code will actually be able to use
multiple CPU cores on Linux. its worked on Solaris for a long time but
for some reason its always been CPU core bound on Linux.
Also I would like to start a local Perl 6 work group for Perl 5
programmers looking to port their code. there is one for active Perl 6
projects but they don't want any one who doesn't already have an
active Perl 6 project to attend. I asked them very politely for a
clarification on their policy and didn't not get a response. I didn't
get a reply but I know other Perl 5 programmers who showed up looking
to get porting tips, and were asked to leave because they weren't
currently Perl 6 programmers, which is a very poor approach to take if
you really want to rebuild the Perl community.

On Tue, Dec 27, 2016 at 8:55 PM, ToddAndMargo  wrote:
>> On Tue, Dec 27, 2016 at 8:28 PM, ToddAndMargo 
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> Perl 6 just hit EPEL: rakudo-star.x86_64 0:0.0.2016.11-1.el7
>>>
>>> -T
>>>
>>> --
>>> ~~
>>> Computers are like air conditioners.
>>> They malfunction when you open windows
>>> ~~
>
>
> On 12/27/2016 05:53 PM, Paul Robert Marino wrote:
>>
>> Cool
>> I guess that means I really should start writing in Perl 6
>>
>
> I am looking forward to the improved way of passing variables to
> subroutines.  :-)
>
>
> --
> ~~
> Computers are like air conditioners.
> They malfunction when you open windows
> ~~

Dropbox relinking

[Niels Walet]

Since a couple of weeks I have an issue with dropbox relinking almost(!) every 
time I start  my SL7.2 box at home. I emailed dropbox support (I have a paid 
subscription) and get the answer that only fedora 19+ and ubuntu are supported. 
Before I decide that dropbox was the wrong solution, and turn to a cloud 
provider that supports RHEL7 and its variants, is there anything I should try? 
(I have deleted .dropbox and .dropbox-dist multiple times, reinstalled dropbox, 
installed the latest beta (which worked for a while), but nothing works right.
I notice dropbox creates some log files in an unreadable format--anyone know a 
way to read that?
My home directory is on an XFS fie system on my local hard drive, so none of 
the "standard" issues apply.
Niels

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