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[jhi(_at_)iki(_dot_)fi: 5.7.3 is out]

2002-03-05 11:22:57
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Subject: 5.7.3 is out
From: Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi(_at_)iki(_dot_)fi>
Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 07:06:48 +0200
Message-ID: <20020305070648(_dot_)N12829(_at_)alpha(_dot_)hut(_dot_)fi>
To: perl5-porters(_at_)perl(_dot_)org
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The below URL will take some time to percolate, so don't go off announcing
this just yet, I'll doublecheck things in the morning, after some sleep.

---

   Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong.
   No matter how fast light travels it finds the darkness has always
   got there first, and is waiting for it.
   -- "Reaper Man", Terry Pratchett

This is the release 5.7.3 of Perl.

This is the last developer release (5.7.x) before the next major
public release (5.8.0).  The current intent is to release Perl 5.8.0
in April or May, the Release Candidate 1 is planned to be released
Monday the 8th of April.

Therefore it is of utmost importance that you test this release
as extensively as you can.

* Try configuring, compiling, testing, and installing it.

  The less common platform you have, the more important this is,
  since the Perl developers do not have access to all the possible
  platforms, or the required programming and debugging experience
  on those platforms.

  * Get the source code and unpack it

    http://www.cpan.org/src/perl-5.7.3.tar.gz

  * Configure and compile it.  The below instructions are for
    UNIXy platforms, for other platforms see the PLATFORM.* files.

        cd perl-5.7.3
        sh Configure -de -Dusedevel -Dprefix=/usr/local/test/perl573

    The -de is the easy way out because it makes Configure
    to automatically choose default answers: if you want to
    answer the questions as usual, leave the -de away.
    The -Dusedevel is necessary for the -de to get past the
    question "do you really want to build a developer release".
    The directory after the -Dprefix= depends on your local conventions.

        make all
        make test

    Note that both of these phases may take considerably longer than
    in earlier releases of Perl: there are now more modules with Perl,
    and many, many more tests than before.

  * If "make test" succeeds, the output will end with something like this:

        All tests successful.
        u=3.03333  s=3.68333  cu=289.5  cs=43.6167  scripts=594  tests=56364

    If it doesn't, you will probably get a suggestion to run the "harness",
    which will produce a more detailed report of what went wrong.

  * Use the perlbug program to report both successes and failures.

  * Assuming there are not too many failures, you may now proceed
    to installing the 5.7.3:

        make install

    Note that the executables will be installed with "5.7.3" attached,
    for example

        /usr/local/test/perl573/bin/perl5.7.3

    This is a feature of the developer releases, devised to avoid
    accidental installations over production use Perls.  This naming
    practice causes few glitches, such as module installation not finding
    the pod2man to format manual pages.  When the 5.8.0 RC1 comes out,
    it will no more have this safety feature.

  * For more instructions, please read the INSTALL file.

* Once installed, try installing CPAN modules.

        /usr/local/test/perl573/bin/perl5.7.3 -MCPAN -e shell

  Configure CPAN as usual and try installing your favourite modules.
  Look out for any new warning messages (new releases of Perl often
  introduce new warning messages) and of course, test and/or installation
  failures.

  If everything tests and installs fine, great.  If not, let both the
  module author and perlbug know: either the module, or the upcoming Perl,
  or both, may need fixing.  In your report to the module author please
  remember to point out that you are using a developer version of Perl,
  advise the author how to get it, and that the developer version
  will soon become the official next release of Perl.

  The preferred way of contacting perlbug is the perlbug utility
  (or, rather, the perlbug5.7.3 utility).  If that doesn't work
  for some reason, you send email to perlbug(_at_)perl(_dot_)org, but please
  to choose a descriptive Subject line, and to include the output
  of the myconfig script.

* Try using your own Perl code with the 5.7.3.  Again, remember that
  you may get new warnings: the Perl developers may have noticed some
  ambiguous, even potentially hazardous practice, and introduced some
  new warnings for it.  And again, report problems using the perlbug
  utility.

* Before reporting bugs, however, please read the perldelta file
  (pod/perldelta.pod).  It documents the changes made and failures known.

HAVE APPROPRIATE AMOUNTS OF FUN.

-- 
Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi(_at_)iki(_dot_)fi>

-- 
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        # There is this special biologist word we use for 'stable'.
        # It is 'dead'. -- Jack Cohen

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