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From:
Ricardo Signes
Date:
February 7, 2022 16:09
Subject:
Re: pod/perluni* and older perls
Message ID:
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On Mon, Feb 7, 2022, at 8:55 AM, Felipe Gasper wrote:
> `perldoc perldocstyle` says to “Recount the past only when necessary”. Meanwhile, the various perluni* docs are rife with mentions of older perls.
> 
> Should these be removed? It would make those documents more concise, less imposing for newcomers.

It sounds reasonable.  I had only a quick skim and didn't see much that I'd remove -- but that's probably because I skimmed and didn't carefully read or scan these.  Could you provide some examples of what you'd cut?

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rjbs
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