in reply to Re: Disappointed with latest Strawberry Perl
in thread Disappointed with latest Strawberry Perl
g77 was brought up in the past, but it just fell off the todo list. Alias is the Strawberry pumpking right now -- as soon as he gets newly refactored build tools updated on CPAN and documented, it should be easy to patch in g77.
I believe all the code is in Alias' open repository -- so contributing should be easy: http://svn.ali.as/cpan/trunk/Perl-Dist/
PPM is more of a philosophical issue, I think. The version of PPM on CPAN is way out of date, I believe. Also, since much of the impetus for Vanilla and Strawberry in the first place was frustrations with the limitations of PPM, it hasn't been a priority for any of the developers. For a recent view, see Alias' post on use.perl.org, ActivePerl PPM repository design flaw goes critical.
I also want to add that syphilis has provided excellent feedback and suggestions throughout our work on Vanilla and Strawberry. I heartily welcome it and appreciate his continued interest!
-xdg
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