Hello, a big update of Perl in Fedora has just been kicked off. Small step for perl (5.10.0 -> 5.10.1) but big jump for Fedora: there will be significant changes in the packaging tied to this upgrade. Nonetheless, things are expected to just work; if not, contact me or file a bug. If you are interested, you can find more details below; otherwise, let me wish to enjoy perl-5.10.1. Two imporant changes are happening in Fedora at this opportunity: First, the @INC path will become much simpler. This change was first presented here http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.redhat.fedora.perl/9664 Second, "production" is going to be built. (Fedora 9--12 contains perl built with debugging support, which makes it slower. This was not intentional, perl's Configure script was being too smart.) Each of the changes breaks backward compatibility: Perl modules and applications built against libperl.so will no longer work after the change is fully implemented. To reflect this situation rpm-wise, the changes are tied to the version change: newly built packages will require perl(:MODULE_COMPAT_5.10.1), while the old ones require perl(:MODULE_COMPAT_5.10.0). To arrange for smooth transition, the first build(s) of perl 5.10.1 will contain backward compatibility aids so that it will still work in combination with old modules and libperl-linked packages. Consequently, this build will provide both perl(:MODULE_COMPAT_5.10.1) and perl(:MODULE_COMPAT_5.10.0). With this package in place, it will be possible to rebuild the dependent packages. When this rebuild will have been done, perl can be upgraded to a clean version, without the compatibility aids; that build will no longer provide perl(:MODULE_COMPAT_5.10.0). At this moment, we are at the begining of the rebuild, perl-5.10.1-101.fc13 is the build with compatibility aids. There is more than one way to break rawhide, Stepan Kasal -- Fedora Extras Perl SIG http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Extras/SIGs/Perl Fedora-perl-devel-list mailing list Fedora-perl-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-perl-devel-list
