Before switching to Perl 5.8, have a look at the available modules in the ActiveState ppm-repository.

Not all modules have made it to the Perl 5.8 repository yet. E.g. DBD::mySQL is not yet available and if your scrips depend on it (as do a number of my scripts) you are stuck, unless you go the CPAN way and compile them yourself.

CountZero

"If you have four groups working on a compiler, you'll get a 4-pass compiler." - Conway's Law