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[Julian Field]

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David Lee wrote:
> On Fri, 7 Dec 2007, Julian Field wrote:
>
>   
>> I don't really want to upgrade the copy of MIME-tools I use to the
>> latest, as it now requires Perl 5.8. This will royally screw many of the
>> Solaris users out there who only have Perl 5.6 available.
>>
>> If anyone has any thoughts on this, I'm all ears...
>>     
>
> I've not been following the detail, but I've done a quick check on the
> recent history of MIME-tools.
>
> It seems that version 5.420_01 (18 June 2007) of MIME-tools made a
> significant change, documented in its "ChangeLog", saying thus:
>    ... NOTE THAT THIS REQUIRES PERL 5.8!
>
> It might be worth dropping a note to David Skoll (one of the MIME-tools
> custodians these days) pointing out the impact for Solaris users.
>
> I wonder whether or not they could relatively easily backtrack on this
> decision?
>
> Are the implications of their decision deeply embedded, and so difficult
> to revert?  Or could they actually quite easily revert if necessary?
>
> Jules: Would you like me to contact Skoll about this, citing (for
> instance) your paragraph above about Solaris users?
>   
Yes please.
>
>   

Jules

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