Re: RFC: 1.0 and the end of official <5.6.1 support

2004-10-11 Thread Rocco Caputo
On Fri, Feb 27, 2004 at 10:45:46PM -0500, sungo wrote: > On (02/27 19:57), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Ideally, 5.004 compatibility will be dropped after the new POE test suite > > is developed. This will make back-porting features that much easier. > > sounds like a decent requirement. >

Re: RFC: 1.0 and the end of official <5.6.1 support

2004-02-27 Thread sungo
On (02/27 19:57), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Ideally, 5.004 compatibility will be dropped after the new POE test suite > is developed. This will make back-porting features that much easier. sounds like a decent requirement. this means you need an sf.net account so you can get cvs rights if y

Re: RFC: 1.0 and the end of official <5.6.1 support

2004-02-21 Thread Rocco Caputo
On Sat, Feb 21, 2004 at 01:19:10AM -0500, sungo wrote: > On (02/07 15:22), Rocco Caputo wrote: > > > Signal reform is not quite done. We're still dispatching _signal, > > albeit with great reluctance. > > why? kill this beast already. Two reasons. 1. It turns a mandatory error into a silent f

Re: RFC: 1.0 and the end of official <5.6.1 support

2004-02-20 Thread sungo
On (02/07 15:22), Rocco Caputo wrote: > Signal reform is not quite done. We're still dispatching _signal, > albeit with great reluctance. why? kill this beast already. > To me, a 1.0 release implies a certain measure of spit and polish that > the documentation (and perhaps the installer) lack.

Re: RFC: 1.0 and the end of official <5.6.1 support

2004-02-07 Thread Rocco Caputo
On Fri, Feb 06, 2004 at 09:38:24PM -0500, sungo wrote: > > We of the mysterious irc have been pondering a 1.0 release of poe for a > while. Its good for marketing if nothing else. There's even a wiki page > (http://poe.perl.org/?V1.0-todos) documenting our thoughts on > requirements. > > Well, we

Re: RFC: 1.0 and the end of official <5.6.1 support

2004-02-07 Thread Rocco Caputo
On Fri, Feb 06, 2004 at 09:13:51PM -0800, Tim Wood wrote: > At 08:47 PM 02/06/04, Scott Beck wrote: > > > >To me a version number is nothing more than a loose representation of > >where the author thinks the code is in terms of stability and the only > >rule for versions is it must be changed fro

Re: RFC: 1.0 and the end of official <5.6.1 support

2004-02-06 Thread Scott Beck
On Fri, 2004-02-06 at 18:38, sungo wrote: > Drop support for any perl versions earlier than 5.6.1. dropping support for <=5.8.2 is O.K. with me :) -- Scott Beck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Gossamer Threads

Re: RFC: 1.0 and the end of official <5.6.1 support

2004-02-06 Thread Tim Wood
At 08:47 PM 02/06/04, Scott Beck wrote: >To me a version number is nothing more than a loose representation of >where the author thinks the code is in terms of stability and the only >rule for versions is it must be changed from release to release. Just >MHO. Good point. I'd like to hear from t

Re: RFC: 1.0 and the end of official <5.6.1 support

2004-02-06 Thread Chris Fedde
On Fri, 6 Feb 2004 23:33:38 -0500 sungo wrote: +-- | so you're against lines? or sand? :) | | so you're saying to make the jump to 0.5 so our arbitrary version jump | doesnt mean anything else to anyone? or what? kinda confused as to what | jumping to 0.5 would get us that

Re: RFC: 1.0 and the end of official <5.6.1 support

2004-02-06 Thread Scott Beck
On Fri, 2004-02-06 at 20:31, Chris Fedde wrote: > On Fri, 6 Feb 2004 21:38:24 -0500 sungo wrote: > +-- > | So, there are my thoughts. I would like comments, thoughts, > | suggestions, etc etc. Silence is assumed assent. So speak up if you have > | objections, concerns, etc. >

Re: RFC: 1.0 and the end of official <5.6.1 support

2004-02-06 Thread sungo
On (02/06 21:31), Chris Fedde wrote: > 1.0 is a line in the sand. To some it implies a commitment to interface. To > others it means yet another buggy .0 release. If my opinion matters at all > I'd say hit 0.5 and 0.8 before jumping to 1.0. Then move quickly to 1.1. so you're against lines? o

Re: RFC: 1.0 and the end of official <5.6.1 support

2004-02-06 Thread Chris Fedde
On Fri, 6 Feb 2004 21:38:24 -0500 sungo wrote: +-- | So, there are my thoughts. I would like comments, thoughts, | suggestions, etc etc. Silence is assumed assent. So speak up if you have | objections, concerns, etc. +-- 1.0 is a line in the sand. To some it

RFC: 1.0 and the end of official <5.6.1 support

2004-02-06 Thread sungo
We of the mysterious irc have been pondering a 1.0 release of poe for a while. Its good for marketing if nothing else. There's even a wiki page (http://poe.perl.org/?V1.0-todos) documenting our thoughts on requirements. Well, we have some exception support. Scheduled deprecations have mostly been