On May 12, 2016, at 10:05 AM, Mojca Miklavec <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm really really sorry for not sending a notice upfront. (I'll try to
> get better in communicating changes next time.)

thanks :)

> A more serious question though (and it's not a rethorical one!). Let's
> assume that we would already be using a single version of Perl *now*
> and we would still be at Perl 5.22 (like we are). Someone would be
> assigned the task to upgrade to Perl 5.24, including all the 1,5 k
> dependencies that would need a revbump at least (many of which would
> in fact be broken after the switch). Then again, maintainers could not
> test their ports before all dependencies switch to 5.24. How exactly
> would you envision dealing with no-openmaintainer ports in that case?

I would say - open a ticket for the perl release that ccs all the maintainers. 
(Possibly with diff attached, although if it's just mass revbump that's 
probably not necessary). Ticket will say something like: X days from now perl5 
will be upgraded to /latest release/ and your p5 ports will be rev-bumped.

Maintainers who were interested in testing could do so - and people would be 
aware of the coming change.
-- 
Daniel J. Luke

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