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Perl 5.8.0 Press Release

pudge on 2002-07-28T18:13:41

davorg writes "You all know, I'm sure, that Perl 5.8.0 has recently been released. But did you know that the Perl Foundation has created a press release to publicise this new version? If you have access to any press people, then please point them at the press release. Let's see how many column inches we can get about Perl over the next couple of weeks."

Yes, but is it stable?

bart on 2002-07-29T11:21:35

Jarkko Hietaniemi, release manager for Perl 5.8, said, "Perl 5.8 is not only the most feature-rich version of Perl yet, but thanks to our extensive testing it is also the most robust and widely available Perl release to date."
I think that this qualifies as "stable"? Then it's about time that the text at <www.perl.com>'s download page got updated. It now still says:
The current version of Perl is 5.6.1. This is a stable, tested release that you should use in production environments.

Re:Yes, but is it stable?

KM on 2002-07-29T12:46:22

Even though I can be slow putting things on perlfoundation.org, I am faster than ORA folks :)

Re:Yes, but is it stable?

jhi on 2002-07-29T14:38:11

However proud I may be, I'm also old and cynical. Nasty bugs can take weeks to surface. I'll give it a few.

5.8 announcement translations spotted in the wild?

nicholas on 2002-07-29T16:27:11

Let's see how many column inches we can get about Perl over the next couple of weeks."


It would be nice if people posted sightings of the press release in the wild. Lupe Christoph mailed perl5 porters to say that Yahoo Germany had covered the perl 5.8.0 release. I'm particulary curious about how many far eastern publications carry excerpts from the four translations provided by perl.org

I edit ... it's my function

BorgCopyeditor on 2002-08-02T02:07:43

That's a nice press release. People have obviously thought for a long while about how to describe Perl's strengths and achievements. There are, however, a few misplaced (or missing) hyphens. Is there someone to point them out to?

Re:I edit ... it's my function

Yoz on 2002-08-02T14:47:28

It was I who edited the final version of the press release so they're my fault. However, as of its arrival on the Perl Foundation website it's out of my hands. So you want to speak to TPF's webmaster, Kevin Meltzer - kevinm (at) yetanother.org.

Re:I edit ... it's my function

BorgCopyeditor on 2002-08-02T17:15:09

Thanks, Yoz. I'll contact Kevin.