I wish I had thought of this earlier: it could have referred to v5.38.0. So, instead, there's plenty of time for Perl v5.40.0; just put this on hold for 10-11 months.

I've picked the choices based on typical release dates for stable (maintenance) 5.x.0 versions over the last decade or so (as shown in perlhist).

Draft (based on Step 2 of "How do I create a Poll?"):

Question/topic

Perl v5.40.0 release date?

Prologue paragraph

When do you think Perl v5.40.0 will be released (based on the date shown in https://metacpan.org/pod/perl).

One or more choices

• Before May 2024
• 1-15 May 2024
• 16-31 May 2024
• June 2024
• After June 2024
• I predict an exact date (in comment below)
• Won't happen; the next will be v7.0.0
• None of the above

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