[Catalyst] Question on Perl versions with Catalyst

[Joe Landman]

Darren Duncan wrote:
> Joe Landman wrote:
>>   We are redoing one of our applications, and I wanted a quick sync 
>> against which Perl versions are currently "blessed".  I remember that 
>> 5.10.0 did not work due to a bug in the Perl base.  Are there any 
>> issues we need to be aware of for 5.12.0 or should we stick with 
>> 5.10.x (x greater than or equal to 1)?
> 
> My recommendation is to ignore the 5.10.x series, and go straight to 
> 5.12.1+ if you want the newest production version, or use 5.8.x if you 
> want to support older Perls.  The 5.12.x and 5.10.x were released close 
> enough together, and the 5.12.x benefit from the new and improved 
> development process of making a release every month regardless of how 
> much was changed.  Also, 5.12.x improves some of the features that 
> 5.10.x added, such as making smart matching and Unicode work better.  
> Speaking for myself, I'm using 5.12.1 in production and for my work 
> applications, and I'm using 5.8.1+ for my CPAN modules. -- Darren Duncan

Thanks.  I seem to remember trying 5.12.0 and having some problems with 
various builds of Cat dependencies.

I'll try 5.12.1 tonight and see how this goes.

Thanks!

Joe

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