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From:
James E Keenan
Date:
May 7, 2013 22:48
Subject:
Re: How on earth did we manage to break pack() so badly?
Message ID:
20130507224758.2831.qmail@lists-nntp.develooper.com
On 5/7/13 2:58 AM, demerphq wrote:
> On Tuesday, 7 May 2013, Steffen Mueller wrote:
>
>> On 05/07/2013 12:21 AM, Ricardo Signes wrote:
>>
>>> * demerphq<demerphq@gmail.com>  [2013-05-01T10:32:07]
>>>
>>>> [pack is a mess]
>>>>
>>>
>>> I would like to address "the pack problem," but am going to avoid wading
>>> into
>>> this until 5.18.0 is shipped, as my time has been crunched lately.  So
>>> I'm just
>>> writing to say, "I care and will write more," that that's all.
>>>
>>
>> That's likely the best choice in the circumstances and I would probably do
>> the same in your shoes. Not a 5.16=>5.18 regression and we can't let 5.18
>> wait for all bugs forever.
>

Can I ask that people who have participated in this thread file bug 
tickets via 'perlbug@perl.org' for the specific problems with 'pack' 
discussed?

That will enable us to track our progress via RT once 5.19 sees light.

Thank you very much.
Jim Keenan
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