in reply to Upgrade time: 5.6.1 or 5.8.0?

I'm not sure, but I read you've had to reinstall/recompile all the modules again in 5.8.0.
So if you're planning to do a complete install with all the modules you need, try use 5.8.0.
I did that on my web-box and all work's fine up to now ;-)
Anyway I'm not sure if 5.005 modules at least are compatible to 5.6.1 !?

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Re: Re: Upgrade time: 5.6.1 or 5.8.0?
by Cabrion (Friar) on Feb 20, 2003 at 00:27 UTC
    You need to recompile XS modules in either case. The CPAN module has some utilites to take care of that. Even so I had to compile/install some things outside of the CPAN shell before I got things to the point that CPAN's tools would work.

    If it's a hobby box, I'd say go for 5.8.0 it's been mighty stable for me, and it has some nifty new features.

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