Hello, On Sat, 05 Jul 2014, Cristian Rodríguez wrote:
El 05/07/14 08:41, Carlos E. R. escribió:
Yes, I know that devel:languages:perl has the latest version (3.4.0), but my question is why the default version is so old. Was there a problem?
The most likely reason is: package had no maintainer or maintainer had no time to work on it.
Nope. As d:l:perl is devel project for Factory (which has 3.4.0!) SA is _actively_ maintained. The reason is: that normally _NO_ package gets a version update during the support phase of a package. Ever. Patched yes. Exceptions being security and "data loss" (or similar) updates that cannot be backported (easily enough for the devel-team). SA does have a (appointed not "inherited") bugowner, so ... And BTW: 3.4.0 is the current upstream version, so all's ok and working as intended. Carlos: if you want "up to date" packages, add the respective devel-repos to your portfolio. Most devel-projects do build for all supported distros (SLE* might be different). So, zypper ar http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/languages:/perl/openSUSE_13... would solve your problem (they currently build for 12.2-Factory) -dnh -- In the old days, it was very simple: "You shoot us, we shoot you." Then, after WW II, we had the IRA in the 80ies, it was: "They blow us up, and we shoot back." And now, in the days of friendly fire, in Iraq, it's: "They blow themselves up and we shoot each other." -- Omid Djalili Show 1x06, on War -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org