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[PATCH 5.005_03 and 5.005_62] updates to README.vms
From:
Craig A. Berry
Date:
October 27, 1999 09:03
Subject:
[PATCH 5.005_03 and 5.005_62] updates to README.vms
Message ID:
4.2.0.58.19991027105257.00addc10@mmtnt11.metamor.com
This patch mostly fixes out-of-date contact and vmsperl subscription info.
It should be applied to both stable and development releases.
--- README.vms_orig Tue Jul 20 17:17:52 1999
+++ README.vms Wed Oct 27 10:55:25 1999
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-Last Revised 01-March-1999 by Dan Sugalski <sugalskd@ous.edu>
+Last revised 27-October-1999 by Craig Berry <craig.berry@metamor.com>
+Revised 01-March-1999 by Dan Sugalski <dan@sidhe.org>
Originally by Charles Bailey <bailey@newman.upenn.edu>
* Important safety tip
@@ -277,7 +278,7 @@
On systems that are using perl quite a bit, and particularly those with
minimal RAM, you can boost the performance of perl by INSTALLing it as
-a known image. PERLSHR.EXE is typically larger than 1500 blocks
+a known image. PERLSHR.EXE is typically larger than 2000 blocks
and that is a reasonably large amount of IO to load each time perl is
invoked.
@@ -358,7 +359,7 @@
* Dec C issues
Note to DECC users: Some early versions (pre-5.2, some pre-4. If you're Dec
-C 5.x or higher, with current patches if anym you're fine) of the DECCRTL
+C 5.x or higher, with current patches if any, you're fine) of the DECCRTL
contained a few bugs which affect Perl performance:
- Newlines are lost on I/O through pipes, causing lines to run together.
This shows up as RMS RTB errors when reading from a pipe. You can
@@ -380,15 +381,16 @@
there is the VMSPERL mailing list. It's usually a low-volume (10-12
messages a week) mailing list.
-The subscription address is VMSPERL-REQUEST@NEWMAN.UPENN.EDU. Send a mail
-message with just the words SUBSCRIBE VMSPERL in the body of the message.
+The subscription address is MAJORDOMO@PERL.ORG. Send a mail message with just
+the words SUBSCRIBE VMSPERL in the body of the message.
-The VMSPERL mailing list address is VMSPERL@NEWMAN.UPENN.EDU. Any mail
-sent there gets echoed to all subscribers of the list.
+The VMSPERL mailing list address is VMSPERL@PERL.ORG. Any mail sent there
+gets echoed to all subscribers of the list. There is a searchable archive of
+the list at <http://www.xray.mpe.mpg.de/mailing-lists/vmsperl/>.
To unsubscribe from VMSPERL send the message UNSUBSCRIBE VMSPERL to
-VMSPERL-REQUEST@NEWMAN.UPENN.EDU. Be sure to do so from the subscribed
-account that you are cancelling.
+MAJORDOMO@PERL.ORG. Be sure to do so from the subscribed account that
+you are cancelling.
* Acknowledgements
@@ -412,7 +414,7 @@
Peter Prymmer <pvhp@forte.com> or <pvhp@lns62.lns.cornell.edu>
for extensive testing, as well as development work on
configuration and documentation for VMS Perl,
- Dan Sugalski <sugalskd@ous.edu>
+ Dan Sugalski <dan@sidhe.org>
for extensive contributions to recent version support,
development of VMS-specific extensions, and dissemination
of information about VMS Perl,
-
[PATCH 5.005_03 and 5.005_62] updates to README.vms
by Craig A. Berry