From: Eric Wong <e@80x24.org> To: meta@public-inbox.org Subject: [PATCH] doc: technical/whyperl: update w/ (good) news from PSC Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2021 15:29:20 -0400 [thread overview] Message-ID: <20210413192920.42920-1-e@80x24.org> (raw) It looks like stability and compatibility will prevail, after all. --- Documentation/technical/whyperl.txt | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/technical/whyperl.txt b/Documentation/technical/whyperl.txt index de6f912a..fbe2e1b1 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/whyperl.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/whyperl.txt @@ -66,9 +66,11 @@ 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. + As of April 2021, the Perl Steering Committee has confirmed + Perl 7 will require `use v7.0' and existing code should + continue working unchanged: + https://nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/259789 + <CAMvkq_SyTKZD=1=mHXwyzVYYDQb8Go0N0TuE5ZATYe_M4BCm-g@mail.gmail.com> * Built for text processing
next reply other threads:[~2021-04-13 19:29 UTC|newest] Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top 2021-04-13 19:29 Eric Wong [this message] 2021-04-13 19:44 ` upcoming perl v5.12 requirement Eric Wong 2021-04-13 21:17 ` Konstantin Ryabitsev 2021-04-14 0:25 ` Eric Wong 2021-11-08 18:38 ` Eric Wong 2022-02-13 10:18 ` Eric Wong
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