Re: ActivePerl 5.8 Beta 1: yea or nay?

Hmm, turns out that there are no real release notes in the zip file. There is CHANGES.html, but it doesn't specify any differences from "canonical" 5.8.0...

Of course, it's possible there are no differences, but then, why wait 3 months to release AP 5.8?
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Mike

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Re: Re: ActivePerl 5.8 Beta 1: yea or nay? by Courage (Parson) on Nov 14, 2002 at 16:07 UTC
I think 3 months was because they rebuilt a huge ammount of supported by them modules, which could be seen at http://www.activestate.com/PPMPackages/5.8-windows/, with proper adjusting and testing of modules that begun to refuse to be built. Courage, the Cowardly Dog	[reply]
Re: Re: ActivePerl 5.8 Beta 1: yea or nay? by simonflk (Pilgrim) on Nov 14, 2002 at 17:44 UTC
You can see a huge diff against the official perl5.8.0 release You can also download the source for the latest activeperl 5.8 beta and build it yourself if you want large file support. -- simonflk	[reply]
Re: Re: Re: ActivePerl 5.8 Beta 1: yea or nay? by RMGir (Prior) on Nov 14, 2002 at 17:53 UTC
Cool! That's perfect... I wish ActiveState had exactly that note on their 5.8 download page, though, or had those items listed in the release notes. Oh well, I guess that's one of the reasons it's a beta :) -- Mike	[reply]