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in thread compatibility between 5.8 and 5.6

the minor version jump from 6 to 8 indicates this.

Perl 5.8.9 is Perl 5, version 8, subversion 9. If anything is minor, it's the "9".

Subversion (minor version) increases do no require a rebuild, but going from 5.6 and 5.9 is a version (major version) increase, and those do require a rebuild.

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