Sort of a double edged sword. Unless there are some modules that require a newer perl I can't think of why you would want to on an appliance. I remember when upgrading to 5.6.0 that LWP::Simple no longer worked on some requests breaking many automated tasks. The problem took awhile for me to notice and the bug is still open some 14 months later. I had to step back to my previous version and await 5.6.1

So personally I am fairly hesitant to upgrade unless there is some new whiz-bang I need or security issues.

-Lee

"To be civilized is to deny one's nature."