> For those who went from 3.0.4 to the latest release > candidate, would you say it's a worthy upgrade? Where do you > see the largest benefits? Is it overall a good move if you're > currently pretty satisfied with 3.0.4?
I can't speak for other platforms, but for Windows users, I'd rate this is a must-have upgrade. The combination of upgrading to ActivePerl 5.8.7 and SA 3.1.0 fixed some serious socket issues with DNS queries. SA 3.0.x used to crash regularly here even in single-threaded mode. Some of the was the way SA handled DNS queries for RBL and URIBL; some of it was Net::DNS; some of it was ActivePerl. I haven't had a crash since prior to 3.1.0 pre1 (i.e., back before it was even at release candidate level), and have enabled parallel_requests now so multiple threads of SA are happening-- have verified it in the logs-- and still no crashes. Kudos to the developers! If you have any stability problems with this on Windows, upgrading ActivePerl, Net::DNS and SA has a very good chance of stabilizing the environment. It did here. Bret
