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diff --git a/Porting/pumpkin.pod b/Porting/pumpkin.pod index 5260e65fcf..6706c6c3c4 100644 --- a/Porting/pumpkin.pod +++ b/Porting/pumpkin.pod @@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ Subscribe by sending the message (in the body of your letter) to perl5-porters-request@perl.org . +Archives of the list are held at: + + http://www.rosat.mpe-garching.mpg.de/mailing-lists/perl-porters/ + =head1 How are Perl Releases Numbered? Perl version numbers are floating point numbers, such as 5.004. @@ -73,9 +77,10 @@ In addition, there may be "developer" sub-versions available. These are not official releases. They may contain unstable experimental features, and are subject to rapid change. Such developer sub-versions are numbered with sub-version numbers. For example, -version 5.004_04 is the 4'th developer version built on top of -5.004. It might include the _01, _02, and _03 changes, but it -also might not. Sub-versions are allowed to be subversive. +version 5.003_04 is the 4'th developer version built on top of +5.003. It might include the _01, _02, and _03 changes, but it +also might not. Sub-versions are allowed to be subversive. (But see +the next section for recent changes.) These sub-versions can also be used as floating point numbers, so you can do things such as @@ -100,6 +105,11 @@ way to distribute important bug fixes without waiting for the developers to untangle all the other problems in the current developer's release. +Trial releases of bug-fix maintenance releases are announced on +perl5-porters. Trial releases use the new subversion number (to avoid +testers installing it over the previous release) and include a 'local +patch' entry in patchlevel.h. + Watch for announcements of maintenance subversions in comp.lang.perl.announce. @@ -1157,14 +1167,14 @@ and/or fcntl() file locking. It's a mess. =back -=head1 AUTHOR - -Andy Dougherty <doughera@lafcol.lafayette.edu>. +=head1 AUTHORS -Additions by Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>. +Original author: Andy Dougherty doughera@lafcol.lafayette.edu . +Additions by Chip Salzenberg chip@perl.com and +Tim Bunce Tim.Bunce@ig.co.uk . All opinions expressed herein are those of the authorZ<>(s). =head1 LAST MODIFIED -$Id: pumpkin.pod,v 1.10.1.1 1997/06/10 20:46:47 timbo Exp $ +$Id: pumpkin.pod,v 1.13 1997/08/28 18:26:40 doughera Released $ |