acme writes "This is the release candidate for the fourth maintenance release of Perl 5.005." More details within!
Either the well was very deep, or she fell very slowly, for she had
plenty of time as she went down to look about her and to wonder what
was going to happen next. First, she tried to look down and make out
what she was coming to, but it was too dark to see anything; then
she looked at the sides of the well, and noticed that they were
filled with cupboards and book-shelves; here and there she saw maps
and pictures hung upon pegs. She took down a jar from one of the
shelves as she passed; it was labelled 'ORANGE MARMALADE', but to
her great disappointment it was empty: she did not like to drop the
jar for fear of killing somebody, so managed to put it into one of
the cupboards as she fell past it.
(Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll)
Please test this thoroughly and find any issues before Alice makes it to the heap of sticks and dry leaves at the bottom. It's available at:
http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/L/LB/LBROCARD/perl5.005_04-RC1.tar.gz
If there are no negative reports, then I hope to release the real thing in a week. Maybe I'll break out the orange marmalade.
Dedicated to my Alice, Tanja
