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From:
Norton Allen
Date:
April 3, 2000 10:17
Subject:
Re: 5.6.0 ready for prime-time?
Message ID:
200004031718.NAA14401@bottesini.harvard.edu
Gurusamy Sarathy wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 03 Apr 2000 11:18:43 EDT, Norton Allen wrote:
> >Andy Dougherty wrote:
> >> So what to do?  Since you have apparently ignored this information the
> >> first time I presented it, I will not waste my time repeating it, but we
> >> built in both binary compatibility by default (so many folks don't have to 
> >> rebuild anything) and source compatibility by two different optional
> >> routes.  We did this about 16 months ago so CPAN authors might have time
> >> to catch up and adjust.
> >
> >  I really have no argument with any of this, but isn't it true
> >  that something changed at almost the last minute that forced
> >  the issue?
> 
> Not true.  There were no changes to the PERL_POLLUTE default or any of
> the pollution variables since as far back as October 1999.
> 
> >             My module compiled without changes as late as .670,
> >  possibly with RC1, but required na => PL_na attention by RC2.
> 
> I don't see anything about this in the archives.  Did you report it via
> perlbug?
> 
> 
> Sarathy
> gsar@ActiveState.com
> 


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