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From:
Eric Brine
Date:
June 15, 2015 14:41
Subject:
Re: for 5.24: new categories for strict/warnings?
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CALJW-qGqe7cRXkwaYf0KpUVpR1D1wSWcTOro-Qmwk51KEn13AA@mail.gmail.com
On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 11:58 AM, Rocco Caputo <rcaputo@pobox.com> wrote:

> > On Jun 5, 2015, at 11:42, Smylers <Smylers@stripey.com> wrote:
> >
> > Scenarios we may wish to support include:
> >
> > • Cautious Upgrader:  Tallulah has a large warning-free codebase running
> >  under Perl 5.22. When she upgrades to 5.24 she doesn't want any
> >  additional warnings.
>
> I believe the sense of Cautious and Reckless are reversed here.
>
> Goofus is gong to slam a Perl upgrade into production without testing.
> He won't want any newfangled warnings breaking his mission critical
> applications, even indirectly by filling the logging partition, which
> apparently isn't being monitored for sufficient free space.
>
> > • Reckless Upgrader:  When Charley upgrades he wants his code to warn
> >  about all possible issues, including those that previous versions
> >  didn't warn about.
>
> Gallant wants new versions of Perl to tell him when his old code may
> behave differently


Deprecation warnings are always on by default. I don't think anyone wants
this to change.


> , or even have been subtly broken in ways that weren't
> formerly detected.  At the very least, he'll deploy to staging so he can
> isolate and fix any new problems before the upgrade can break production.
>
> --
> Rocco Caputo <rcaputo@pobox.com>
>
>

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