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From:
David E. Wheeler
Date:
October 11, 2009 12:59
Subject:
Re: future of maint
Message ID:
DA94E6EE-1E1C-4C85-A8F5-EBBC59883ED8@kineticode.com
On Oct 11, 2009, at 11:32 AM, Nicholas Clark wrote:

> Also, I would have thought that something above "minimal-maint" is  
> likely
> actually something that non-zero firms using perl commercially would  
> want -
> the option of being able to safely have bugs in the core  
> distribution fixed,
> without needing a wholesale recompile of all custom code, and the  
> potential
> incompatibilities of a major version upgrade. Hence to me (as a non- 
> business
> person) it seems like it is a value-add on "minimal-maint", and  
> hence a
> saleable proposition.

If they're willing to pay for it, absolutely.

Best,

David

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