Re^5: Question Node (nah)

Why is Perl 5 / Perl 6 such a big deal? Shouldn't we have meta data on exactly which Perl version, operating system (Win32/Unix/Mac/Other/Any), database, templating system, question category (Web/Network/Admin/Algo/Regex/...), etc. ?

I don't see a "Perl5 | Perl6 | Other | Both" field on questions being particularly useful. At least not enough to make site changes to support such.

- tye

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Re: Re^5: Question Node (nah) by djantzen (Priest) on May 20, 2003 at 19:51 UTC
Sure! I think it would be great to have information about Perl version, OS, and a general category for the post built right into the node header. As far as Perl 5 => 6, obviously we won't know for sure until we actually start seeing this stuff in practice, but I know there's been concern in the past that it will become more difficult to provide support if we're trying to figure out which version an ambiguous question pertains to. "The dead do not recognize context" -- Kai, Lexx	[reply]

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Re: Re^5: Question Node (nah)
by djantzen (Priest) on May 20, 2003 at 19:51 UTC

Sure! I think it would be great to have information about Perl version, OS, and a general category for the post built right into the node header. As far as Perl 5 => 6, obviously we won't know for sure until we actually start seeing this stuff in practice, but I know there's been concern in the past that it will become more difficult to provide support if we're trying to figure out which version an ambiguous question pertains to.

Lexx

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