From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.0 required=3.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from localhost (dcvr.yhbt.net [127.0.0.1]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E9CE1F4B4 for ; Tue, 13 Apr 2021 19:29:21 +0000 (UTC) From: Eric Wong To: meta@public-inbox.org Subject: [PATCH] doc: technical/whyperl: update w/ (good) news from PSC Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2021 15:29:20 -0400 Message-Id: <20210413192920.42920-1-e@80x24.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit List-Id: It looks like stability and compatibility will prevail, after all. --- Documentation/technical/whyperl.txt | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/technical/whyperl.txt b/Documentation/technical/whyperl.txt index de6f912a..fbe2e1b1 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/whyperl.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/whyperl.txt @@ -66,9 +66,11 @@ Good Things Perl had fewer breaking changes than Python or Ruby; we expect that trend to continue given the inertia of Perl 5. - Note: this document was written before the Perl 7 announcement. - We'll continue to monitor and adapt to the situation around - what distros are doing in regard to maintaining compatibility. + As of April 2021, the Perl Steering Committee has confirmed + Perl 7 will require `use v7.0' and existing code should + continue working unchanged: + https://nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/259789 + * Built for text processing