From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.0 required=3.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from localhost (dcvr.yhbt.net [127.0.0.1]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43C4C1F8DF for ; Sun, 5 Jul 2020 22:44:53 +0000 (UTC) From: Eric Wong To: meta@public-inbox.org Subject: [PATCH 4/4] doc/technical/whyperl: note Perl 7 announcement Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2020 22:44:52 +0000 Message-Id: <20200705224452.6159-5-e@yhbt.net> In-Reply-To: <20200705224452.6159-1-e@yhbt.net> References: <20200705224452.6159-1-e@yhbt.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit List-Id: Right now[1] the Perl upstream plan is to maintain 5 compatibility in Perl 7 for at least 5 years[1], and perhaps drop it when Perl 8 comes along. That said, distros may pick it and maintain 5 on their own given the vast amounts of perfectly good legacy code out there. [1] http://nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/257817 [2] http://nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/257565 --- Documentation/technical/whyperl.txt | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/technical/whyperl.txt b/Documentation/technical/whyperl.txt index 01ce71e2..de6f912a 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/whyperl.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/whyperl.txt @@ -66,6 +66,10 @@ Good Things Perl had fewer breaking changes than Python or Ruby; we expect that trend to continue given the inertia of Perl 5. + Note: this document was written before the Perl 7 announcement. + We'll continue to monitor and adapt to the situation around + what distros are doing in regard to maintaining compatibility. + * Built for text processing Our focus is plain-text mail, and Perl has many built-ins