[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: perl-5.14.4-3

[Erwin Waterlander]

Op 5-3-2015 om 20:14 schreef Achim Gratz:
> I've promoted the test release to current.  The release notes that
> accompanied the test release are enclosed below.
>
>
> General
> -------
>
> I'm taking over as Perl maintainer from Reini Urban.  Thank you Reini
> for the past years of maintining Perl.
>
> This release updates Perl to version 5.14.4 (the final release of 5.14)
> and also incorporates a few upstream patches from later Perl versions
> (most of which were already applied to the releases bei Reini).  For
> x86_64 this is mainly a rebuild with the current toolchain and a change
> of packaging, while for i686 this is an actual update from version
> 5.14.2.  The update is expected to be fully binary compatible on both
> architectures, so modules should need no rebuilding.
>
> This release is currently marked as test/experimental and will be
> promoted to current in about two weeks.  Therefore you need to select
> the new version in setup manually for now.  Please report any unusual
> behaviour (or successes!) to the main Cygwin mailing list.
>
> Packaging
> ---------
>
> Packaging has been changed to conform to current Cygwin standards and be
> identical on both architectures.  The package is provided via cygport.
> Perl is now split among these packages:
>
> - perl_base (minimal installation, intended for use by Base packages)
> - perl (completes the installation with additional modules)
> - perl-debuginfo (replaces perl_debuginfo)
> - perl_autorebase (integration with incrmental autorebase)
> - perl_manpages (documentation, just the manpages)
> - perl_pods (documentation, just the POD files)
>
> It is recommended to install perl_pods, which has formerly been part of
> the perl package unless you really need the space or prefer the manpages
> over perldoc.
>
> The perl_vendor package (which only exists on i686 anyway) will be
> dissolved into individual packages for the Perl modules that comprise it
> soon and is no longer part of this release.  For the moment you can
> continue using the old package, however.
>
> Changes
> -------
>
> Perlrebase has been removed.  Instead the EUMM installer will do an
> oblivious rebase when not started from cygport.  Perl modules compiled
> from cygport will be rebased during installation by Cygwin's setup.
> Setup will also properly rebase modules installed into site_perl, so if
> you see address collisions (this only happens with some regularity on
> i686, on x86_64 auto image base usually does a good job of avoiding that
> problem already), simply run setup without making any changes.
>
> The site_perl and vendor_perl directories for older Perl versions
> (namely 5.10 and 5.8) are no longer in @INC.  please update your modules
> for 5.14 or use local::lib if you still want to use these locations.
>
> Outlook
> -------
>
> The next Perl release will most likely be 5.22, due to be released
> upstream in May 2015.  Depending on how fast it stabilizes, a Cygwin
> release will follow in summer / autumn.
>
>
> Regards,
> Achim.

Thanks a lot.

-- 
Erwin Waterlander
http://waterlan.home.xs4all.nl/


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