You probably actually want to do this against bleadperl and not 5.8.1-RC2. If the pumpkings think its worth being backward applied to RC2 (im betting they wont) then they will do so, but in blead you have a much better chance of getting it applied. But it does sound like an interesing idea.

Good luck.

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