berrybrew can now use 5.36 and 5.38

Update: The most recent release of berrybrew now includes the 5.36 and 5.38 version information, so no change of options are required to use them. As always, you can if you like review the Changes log to see what else has changed.

I forked the Strawberry Perl repo and updated the releases.json file, which berrybrew uses to know what perls are available.

One small gotcha... normally it gets this file from Strawberry Perl website, but nobody currently has access to manage it. I've created a PR to get the releases.json updated, but until the PR is merged, we can use my forked version (I will update this thread with what will become the official URL after the PR is merged. After the Strawberry site is back to being actively maintained, the temporary link can be removed, but will going forward remain valid).

To use the new perls, we have to update a berrybrew option that specifies where we get our version information:

berrybrew options download_url https://raw.githubusercontent.com/stevi
+eb9/strawberryperl.com/gh-pages/releases.json
[download]

Then fetch the new versions:

berrybrew fetch
[download]

Now they're available:

berrybrew available
[download]

Here's the entire operation:

> berrybrew options download_url https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ste
+vieb9/strawberryperl.com/gh-pages/releases.json

        download_url:    https://raw.githubusercontent.com/stevieb9/st
+rawberryperl.com/gh-pages/releases.json

> berrybrew  fetch

Attempting to fetch the updated Perls list...
Successfully updated the available Perls list...

> berrybrew available

The following Strawberry Perls are available:

        5.38.0_64
        5.38.0_64_PDL
        5.36.1_64
        5.36.1_64_PDL
        5.32.1_64
        5.32.1_64_PDL
        5.32.1_32
    …

> berrybrew install 5.38.0

Downloading https://github.com/StrawberryPerl/Perl-Dist-Strawberry/rel
+eases/download/SP_5380_5361/strawberry-perl-5.38.0.1-64bit-portable.z
+ip to C:\berrybrew\temp\strawberry-perl-5.38.0.1-64bit-portable.zip

Confirming checksum ...
Checksum OK

Extracting C:\berrybrew\temp\strawberry-perl-5.38.0.1-64bit-portable.z
+ip

The following Strawberry Perls are available:

        5.38.0_64       [installed]
    …

berrybrew switch 5.38.0

Switched to Perl version 5.38.0_64...

> exit

> perl -v (new CLI window)

This is perl 5, version 38, subversion 0 (v5.38.0) built for MSWin32-x
+64-multi-thread
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Re: berrybrew can now use 5.36 and 5.38 by xiaoyafeng (Deacon) on Jul 24, 2023 at 07:32 UTC
so excited to see Strawberry Perl get back on track! thanks! I am trying to improve my English skills, if you see a mistake please feel free to reply or /msg me a correction	[reply]
Re^2: berrybrew can now use 5.36 and 5.38 by stevieb (Canon) on Jul 24, 2023 at 12:34 UTC
Me too! It's prompted many long-desired changes to `berrybrew`, now that I know Strawberry Perl is still alive.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: berrybrew can now use 5.36 and 5.38 by Anonymous Monk on Jul 25, 2023 at 19:49 UTC
I'm trying the automated installer. It seemed to load everything. Then I scanned the strawberry download with Webroot. It thinks GUITest.xs.dll is malware W32.Malware.Gen. Any thoughts on that?	[reply]
Re^2: berrybrew can now use 5.36 and 5.38 by stevieb (Canon) on Jul 25, 2023 at 20:39 UTC
Could you please open an issue here with the relevant info (OS, Perl version you downloaded, version of Webroot etc)?	[reply]
Re^3: berrybrew can now use 5.36 and 5.38 by Anonymous Monk on Jul 26, 2023 at 18:45 UTC
I opened up an issue. Thanks for your guidance.	[reply]
Re^4: berrybrew can now use 5.36 and 5.38 by Anonymous Monk on Jul 27, 2023 at 19:04 UTC
Re^5: berrybrew can now use 5.36 and 5.38 by stevieb (Canon) on Jul 28, 2023 at 09:57 UTC