On Thursday, May 16, 2002, at 01:05 AM, Uri Cohen wrote:
I want to use Encode::MIME::Header but I only have perl 5.6.1 (from
ActiveState), which is the latest version for MSWindows.
Is it possible? I really need just this module.
Well, you are welcome to port it if you really need it. So far Encode
as a whole depends too much on Perl 5.8 internals to porting (and I
would rather see Perl 5.8 quickly replace Perl 5.6 and below than help
people stick with older perl. To me Perl 5.8 is Perl 5.6 Done right).
However, Encode::MIME::Header itself is a pure perl script so it should
be much, much easier to backport if necessary. Or you can write a
module that just does that. You are free to use the code in
Encode::MIME::Header.
Or you just have to wait a month or two. I believe ActivePerl 5.8 will
be available as soon as Perl 5.8 is available. Which way you go depends
on how insatiable you are....
Dan the Encode Maintainer
