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From:
Konovalov, Vadim
Date:
June 28, 2020 09:14
Subject:
RE: Announcing Perl 7
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MN2PR19MB4032AC80CD715B00B40960ED8A910@MN2PR19MB4032.namprd19.prod.outlook.com
>From: Todd Rinaldo 
> On Sat, Jun 27, 2020 at 06:20:38PM +0300, Sawyer X wrote:
> >We (and this "we" includes you, Leon) know for a very long time now that
> p5p, the mailing list, is not a very practical place to discuss major changes.
> 
> My objection is that the community didn't get a chance to discuss the
> changes at all, whether on perl5-porters or nay.  The changes were  announced
> after being decided by an apparently closed group---and were  already
> considered sufficiently finalised that a book has been released  by one of the
> group about preparing for the changes, announced in the  very same post.  It
> looks very much like a fait accompli.
> 
> <https://leanpub.com/preparing_for_perl7>
> 
> Per my original question, would you
> please go into more detail on why 
> perl5-porters was intentionally insulated
> from this decision?
> 
> Could you also clarify why you felt it necessary to
> mislead the list 
> about the existence of these plans in the post I linked?
> 
> <http://nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/257448>
> 
> >Everyone that was
> involved with this was in a shared file and viewable 
> >by everyone else. It was
> clear who was involved.
> 
> Well, now that the changes the group intends to make
> are public, would 
> you tell *us* who was involved, and how they were selected?

+1
Me too

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