4:42 PM - perl removed from base
We're in the process of migrating to perl in mports from base. Perl went into midnightbsd many years ago (around 0.4 i think)Â
There are a few reasons for the change but here are a few:
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Difficulty in updatingÂ
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Delays between releases
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Security fixes are easier
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Less software requires Perl now than when we made the decision
The biggest downsides are with mports as a lot of it still uses Perl. We're working on that.