Re^4: 5.18.0 is available NOW!

That is not the problem; the response to that is.

When considering a breaking change, I was taught to ask three questions:

Is the breakage actually necessary?
Is the thing being 'fixed' actually manifesting itself in production code.
Has any real-world occurrence of the ACA actually been witnessed or reported?
If so, can the breakage be limited in scope?
Either by limiting the total breakage; or by selectively applying the breaking fix only when required.
Could the 'fix' have been limited to (say) only when taint was enabled?
Is the breaking 'fix' the *ONLY* solution to the problem?
Not the first. Not the best. Not the least effort or least worst; but the ONLY?
Is it necessary to randomise all hashes differently?
Wouldn't picking the same random hash initialisation, for all hashes for any given run, have been just as effective at stopping real-world exploits in the wild?

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PERL_PERTURB_KEYS by dolmen (Beadle) on May 20, 2013 at 14:31 UTC
Check the documentation on `PERL_PERTURB_KEYS` in perldelta: `PERL_PERTURB_KEYS=0` will restore the previous behavior. This should help you to find bugs related to hash randomization.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^5: 5.18.0 is available NOW! by Anonymous Monk on May 20, 2013 at 20:36 UTC
Yes. Yes. Yes No. No. No. Only is irrelevant. Only is irrelevant. Yes. No.	[reply]
Re^6: 5.18.0 is available NOW! by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on May 21, 2013 at 06:21 UTC
Where is the proof of concept code? (Without it, this is nothing more that idle speculation that has cost a lot of people a lot of time and effort.) With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday' Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.	[reply]
Re^7: 5.18.0 is available NOW! by Anonymous Monk on May 22, 2013 at 06:41 UTC
where is your patch to provide an alternate?	[reply]
Re^8: 5.18.0 is available NOW! by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on May 22, 2013 at 07:15 UTC
Re^9: 5.18.0 is available NOW! by demerphq (Chancellor) on May 22, 2013 at 10:13 UTC
Some notes below your chosen depth have not been shown here
Re^6: 5.18.0 is available NOW! by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on May 20, 2013 at 21:53 UTC
Wrong on every count. And posting anonymously proves it. With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday' Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.	[reply]