[bug-notifications] [perl 0004513]: Update to Perl 5.12.1

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https://www.opencsw.org/mantis/view.php?id=4513 
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Reported By:                kenmays
Assigned To:                bonivart
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Project:                    perl
Issue ID:                   4513
Category:                   upgrade
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   feature
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     assigned
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Date Submitted:             2010-08-07 15:47 CEST
Last Modified:              2011-02-15 10:23 CET
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Summary:                    Update to Perl 5.12.1
Description: 
Ref: http://search.cpan.org/~jesse/perl-5.12.1/

Please update to Perl 5.12.1 on Solaris.
* Perl now conforms much more closely to the Unicode standard.
  Additionally, this release includes an upgrade to version
  5.2 of the standard.

* New experimental APIs allow developers to extend Perl with 
  "pluggable" keywords and syntax.

* Perl now has a better sense of time and will be able to keep
  accurate time well past the "Y2038" barrier.

* New syntax allows developers to specify package version numbers
  directly in "package" statements

* Perl now warns the user about the use of deprecated features
  by default.

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 (0008790) bonivart (manager) - 2011-02-15 10:23
 https://www.opencsw.org/mantis/view.php?id=4513#c8790 
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I think we now have a stable Perl 5.10.1 with the new INC and all modules
respun to match.

I'm not sure what's more important, a 64-bit Perl or 5.12.x? Both would
take a lot of work including testing.