Re: Remove Devel::DProf from 5.16

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tim.jenness

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August 19, 2010 12:10

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Re: Remove Devel::DProf from 5.16

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4CE94D32-21B7-42D7-ACCC-B0987BC3C04B@gmail.com


Great idea. Could we rebrand Devel::NYTProf so Devel::DProf would still be the perl profiler? Most people just want -d:DProf to work.

On Aug 19, 2010, at 8:24 AM, Nicholas Clark wrote:

> Devel::DProf is obsolete. For details of why it can't be fixed, see
> http://blog.timbunce.org/2008/07/12/devel-dprof-broken-by-the-passage-of-time/
> 
> I propose that we remove it from core by 5.16. I'm not sure whether the
> better approach is
> 
> a: package it on CPAN for people who (think that they) "really" need it
>   (can be for 5.14+ only, which eases the backporting issues)
> 
> or
> 
> b: just kill it
> 
> Nicholas Clark

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Tim Jenness

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