The latter two points aren't really issues with the codebase they are more issues with the personnel in the project. The former I know nothing about (I'm just a user) and can only comment in regards to other projects which have stagnated for technical debt until the only remaining option was a considerable overhaul.

If deep magick is holding back development then perhaps a major rewrite for a new major number bump might be the only way to fix that particular issue.

People will always hold different views on back compat and nothing will change that.

Again perhaps a major rewrite for a new major number bump might just be the best hope of attracting more qualified and interested developers?

In reply to Re^5: Last best chance to rename "Perl6" ? by hippo
in thread Last best chance to rename "Perl6" ? by 1nickt

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