Re: Perl 5.12.1-RC2

On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 09:51:37AM +0200, Rainer Tammer wrote:
> Hello,
> I have attached a small doc fix for README.aix (the bleed version follows).
> Could you please attache this to maint-5.12 before the 5.12.1 release ?
> Thanks.

I'm afraid that it's too late, unless we end up with another RC. But I'd
expect that it'll get cherry-picked from blead for 5.12.2 on or about 15
August.

-Jesse

> Bye
>   Rainer
> 
> On 14.05.2010 00:46, Jesse Vincent wrote:
> >  San Lorenzo was fifty miles long and twenty miles wide, I learned from
> >  the supplement to the New York Sunday Times. Its population was four
> >  hundred, fifty thousand souls, "...all fiercely dedicated to the ideals
> >  of the Free World."
> >  
> >  Its highest point, Mount McCabe, was eleven thousand feet above sea
> >  level. Its capital was Bolivar, "...a strikingly modern city built on a
> >  harbor capable of sheltering the entire United States Navy." The principal
> >  exports were sugar, coffee, bananas, indigo, and handcrafted novelties.
> >
> >                 - Kurt Vonnegut, /Cat's Cradle/
> >  
> > I'm pleased to announce the second release candidate for Perl 5.12.1.
> >
> > Shortly, you should be able to download it from your favorite CPAN
> > mirror or from:
> >
> >     http://search.cpan.org/dist/perl-5.12.1-RC2/
> >
> > 2cb4e03a2d91813bd42ea29b67db25320c77f04e  perl-5.12.1-RC2.tar.bz2
> > f4be26917292045704c1b704e9f0acf9a214b3a7  perl-5.12.1-RC2.tar.gz
> >
> > The changes from RC1 are relatively tiny, but I'd appreciate it
> > if folks would put RC2 through its paces.
> >
> > If no regressions are reported, I plan to release a nearly-identical
> > tarball as Perl 5.12.1 on Sunday, May 16th.
> >   
> 

> From 641026c3d80870ba07367814170c9d521ae1c6af Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Rainer Tammer <tammer@tammer.net>
> Date: Fri, 14 May 2010 09:48:26 +0200
> Subject: [PATCH] FIX to README.aix for V11 compiler
> 
> ---
>  README.aix |   35 ++++++++++++++++++++---------------
>  1 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/README.aix b/README.aix
> index e696a8e..604c66e 100644
> --- a/README.aix
> +++ b/README.aix
> @@ -33,12 +33,12 @@ like DBD::Oracle, it is better to use the _r version of the compiler.
>  This will not build a threaded Perl, but a thread-enabled Perl. See
>  also L<Threaded Perl> later on.
>  
> -As of writing (2010-03) only the I<IBM XL C for AIX> or I<IBM XL C/C++
> +As of writing (2010-05) only the I<IBM XL C for AIX> or I<IBM XL C/C++
>  for AIX> compiler is supported by IBM on AIX 5L/6.1.
>  
>  The following compiler versions are currently supported by IBM:
>  
> -    IBM XL C and IBM XL C/C++ V8, V9, V10
> +    IBM XL C and IBM XL C/C++ V8, V9, V10, V11
>  
>  The XL C for AIX is integrated in the XL C/C++ for AIX compiler and
>  therefore also supported.
> @@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ adding -qipa to the optimization flags (-Doptimize='-O -qipa').
>  The PTF for APAR IZ35785 which solves this problem is available
>  from IBM (April 2009 PTF for XL C/C++ Enterprise Edition for AIX, V9.0).
>  
> +If you choose XL C/C++ V11 you need the April 2010 PTF installed
> +otherwise you will not get a working Perl version.
> +
>  Perl can be compiled with either IBM's ANSI C compiler or with gcc.
>  The former is recommended, as not only it can compile Perl with no
>  difficulty, but also can take advantage of features listed later
> @@ -72,18 +75,20 @@ at least gdbm-devel-1.8.3-5 (or higher).
>  
>  =head2 Perl 5.12 was successfully compiled and tested on:
>  
> -    AIX Level            | Compiler Level          | w th | w/o th
> -    ---------------------+-------------------------+------+-------
> -    5.1 TL9 32 bit       | XL C/C++ V7             | OK   | OK
> -    5.1 TL9 64 bit       | XL C/C++ V7             | OK   | OK
> -    5.2 TL10 SP8 32 bit  | XL C/C++ V8             | OK   | OK
> -    5.2 TL10 SP8 32 bit  | gcc 3.2.2               | OK   | OK
> -    5.2 TL10 SP8 64 bit  | XL C/C++ V8             | OK   | OK
> -    5.3 TL8 SP8 32 bit   | XL C/C++ V9 + IZ35785   | OK   | OK
> -    5.3 TL8 SP8 32 bit   | gcc 4.2.4               | OK   | OK
> -    5.3 TL8 SP8 64 bit   | XL C/C++ V9 + IZ35785   | OK   | OK
> -    6.1 TL1 SP7 32 bit   | XL C/C++ V10            | OK   | OK
> -    6.1 TL1 SP7 64 bit   | XL C/C++ V10            | OK   | OK
> +    AIX Level            | Compiler Level            | w th | w/o th
> +    ---------------------+---------------------------+------+-------
> +    5.1 TL9 32 bit       | XL C/C++ V7               | OK   | OK
> +    5.1 TL9 64 bit       | XL C/C++ V7               | OK   | OK
> +    5.2 TL10 SP8 32 bit  | XL C/C++ V8               | OK   | OK
> +    5.2 TL10 SP8 32 bit  | gcc 3.2.2                 | OK   | OK
> +    5.2 TL10 SP8 64 bit  | XL C/C++ V8               | OK   | OK
> +    5.3 TL8 SP8 32 bit   | XL C/C++ V9 + IZ35785     | OK   | OK
> +    5.3 TL8 SP8 32 bit   | gcc 4.2.4                 | OK   | OK
> +    5.3 TL8 SP8 64 bit   | XL C/C++ V9 + IZ35785     | OK   | OK
> +    5.3 TL10 SP3 32 bit  | XL C/C++ V11 + April 2010 | OK   | OK
> +    5.3 TL10 SP3 64 bit  | XL C/C++ V11 + April 2010 | OK   | OK
> +    6.1 TL1 SP7 32 bit   | XL C/C++ V10              | OK   | OK
> +    6.1 TL1 SP7 64 bit   | XL C/C++ V10              | OK   | OK
>  
>      w th   = with thread support
>      w/o th = without thread support
> @@ -482,6 +487,6 @@ Rainer Tammer <tammer@tammer.net>
>  
>  =head1 DATE
>  
> -Version 5.12.1 / 2010-03-20
> +Version 5.12.1 / 2010-05-14
>  
>  =cut
> -- 
> 1.6.0.5
> 


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• Perl 5.12.1-RC2 by Jesse Vincent
• Re: Perl 5.12.1-RC2 by Rainer Tammer
• Re: Perl 5.12.1-RC2 by Jesse Vincent