hello, On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 09:00:05AM +0000, Marcel de Rooy wrote:
Hi,
I came across the new Perl 5.10 // defined-or operator in Koha code. (See below)
The INSTALL doc says that we still run under Perl 5.8.8.
I guess there is more and more koha code that isn't 5.8 compliant anymore. Plus: - most of recent distributions are still 5.1[02] by default - there was so many additions in 5.10, i just see it as a MAJOR release! More and more modules from CPAN use them! - performance improvements and bugfixes are numerous since 5.8
Should we still refrain from using it?
//, given, named captures, re verbs ... and so on ... Koha has to step forward with some KISS and predictable policy. My proposal have a simple rule: "The default koha perl interpreter version is the one of current debian stable". Benefits - timeline trolls outsourced to a wise group (no one can blame debian for hasty rushes) - predictable easily (just check the version of testing distribution) - fits the usecase of most of us regards -- Marc Chantreux BibLibre, expert en logiciels libres pour l'info-doc http://biblibre.com