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Perl 5.7.0 Released (Devel Version)

Posted by Hemos on from the makin'-time-with-the-camel dept.

qbasicprogrammer writes "The long awaited Perl 5.7.0 version has finally been released! Source code is available from CPAN. If you haven't upgraded yet, now is the time. In related news, development of Perl 6 is continuing swiftly as demonstrated by the Perl 6 Library." Check out the head's up story saying that it was coming - just a reminder this is *devel*. Don't play with it unless you know what you are doing.

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  1. *PLEASE* do not install 5.7.0 into production use! by jhi · · Score: 4
    Hi,

    this is the Perl patch pumpking (release wrangler, if you will) speaking. Please read the announcement letter carefully. The bottom line: you should NOT install 5.7.0 into production use. Unless you know who are the perl5-porters, what is perlbug, and preferably, how to pronounce my name :-) you should not even think about installing 5.7.0.



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    jhi@iki.fi

  2. Development release! by nconway · · Score: 5
    Since no one has commented on this yet: this is a development release! It is not intended for public consumption. It *probably* breaks lots of stuff. Don't run this anywhere your job is on the line.

    As was announced with Perl 5.6.0, Perl is now following a release style similar to Linux - even numbered releases are 'production' releases (e.g. 5.6.x, 5.8.x, 5.10.x), odd numbered releases are 'development' releases (5.7.x, 5.9.x, etc).

    I haven't checked out the change summary yet - I wonder what's been improved. My personal hope is the Perl compiler (B::C, B::CC, etc). Neat stuff!