Hi monks!

Today, I've read a great article here by Dave Rolsky. This is awesome article to describe the history of perl release, and I enjoyed reading.

But along with this reading, more confusion come into my mind, who leads perl5 develop? who determines if add X Y feature into perl5? For example:

And here is a real problem. I deployed a program written in perl to many servers with perl5.12.2. But next month, perl 5.16 will be released, and as this 5.12 won't be supported soon. Do I need to upgrade my perl I installed even though new perl doesn't bring exciting features?

In nut shell My question is, where I can find perl5 road map to know its plan? are there a perl5 speakman/woman to clarify all questions about perl development? Is there a place to allow perl5 programmer voting for their favorite modules into core list? because this answer could help us to determine if upgrade my perl or not.

I searched on google and browse perl foundation but don't find any clue.

Please enlighten me, Thanks

update: Thanks ww, correct some language mistakes ;)



I am trying to improve my English skills, if you see a mistake please feel free to reply or /msg me a correction

In reply to perl5 road map? by xiaoyafeng

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