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On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 5:42 PM, sawyer x <xsawyerx@gmail.com> wrote: > I know this is considered a naughty word in some places, but I am > wondering if there is a roadmap or a plan for the continued development of > the Perl 5 language. > > I'm not trying to step on toes or to upset anyone. I'm also not trying to > usurp any position. I'm genuinely interested in any long-term plans that > exist for the language. > I think that, due to the nature of the project, roadmaps are largely personal. I have plans of where I want to take perl, I know others have their own (usually orthogonal) plans, but often timescales are not well-defined. And nothing is explicitly written down. Ultimately, the direction of development of perl is made by those who do, not by those who talk. * Is there a list of features that had been decided to be added to core? > There are some directions in which I suspect general consensus on it being a good idea. Them actually happening is dependent on someone standing up and getting it done. > * I know there are complaints about the tests. Is there a plan on how to > improve them? > I'm not aware of any large issue in particular. > * Are there any long-term changes desired? I know CoW went in some time > ago. Anything like that? > It's not hard to come up with ideas. Implementing them? Well volunteered! > * Is the documentation where we want it? Is someone herding those > efforts? > The documentation is of varying quality. I think only perlfaq is being herded currently. > * I remember Yves Orton mentioning his grief with the XS interface. Are > there plans for formalizing and solidifying how to handle some of the warts > he mentioned? > Again, that only takes a person to write some patches > * Do we know how we want Perl 5 to look like 5-10 years from now? > I know where I want it to be, but I wouldn't expect consensus on all of that. LeonThread Previous | Thread Next