Hi,
  ActiveState have been working on a complete rewrite of their automated build process. They've assured me that soon (hopefully) their default repository will get a lot better. In the mean time use the CPAN Kobes search for any missing ActiveState modules you need.

With regard to version 5.8 or 5.10, at the moment I'm testing on both 5.8 and 5.8 myself, but only using 5.8 on my customers machines. But that's just my opinion.


Lyle