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Perl 5.6.0 Out

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the gimme-some-of-the-good-stuff dept.

brockgr was the first to note that Perl 5.6.0 has been released and has begun propagating through CPAN. Anyone have a changelog or something I can link to?

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  1. Versioning.. by EraseMe · · Score: 5

    Just in case anyone was wondering, they went from Perl 5.005 to Perl 5.6 because they didn't want to release this as 5.006 as they figured many people may not understand the large significance of this release...

    /me waits eagerly for a woody deb. :)

    EraseMe

  2. mod_perl 1.22 updated to work with Perl 5.6 by dlc · · Score: 5

    As an aside, mod_perl 1.22 has been updated to work with Perl 5.6 (it was released last Wednesday). From the changelog:

    compile fixes for 5.6 + -Duse5005threads
    [Lincoln Stein ]

    darren


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  3. What New in Perl 5.6 by Skald · · Score: 5

    It's not the changelog per se, but What New in Perl 5.6 might be of interest.

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