Re: Leopard Perl version...

On Oct 13, 2007, at 7:52 PM, Joel Rees wrote:

>> *ahem*
>>
>> Go back and read Mr Moy'ss email address.
>>
>> He may be in a position to answer this question definitively. :-)
>
> FWIW, I didn't see Ed saying that it had been 5.8.8 in _10.4_ for  
> quite a while. (His mode of expression was, admittedly, a bit  
> ambiguous.)
>
> But, unless, 10.4 is tracking a different version between uNTEL and  
> PPC, my system perl is 5.8.6 with all the current 10.4 updates  
> installed.

The subject line was "Leopard Perl version", so I said it's been 5.8.8  
for quite a while.  It is no secret that we (Apple) try our best to  
keep up-to-date with perl (and other opensource projects) at every  
major release.  It is also no secret that we have never updated  
(though I might personally like to) the same opensource projects  
between major releases (ie, software updates).  The best we might do  
is apply security patches for serious vulnerabilities.  So, no, there  
is no 10.4.x with anything other that perl 5.8.6.

Ed