Bug#839009: ITP: perl6 -- Perl6 Compiler (pure meta package)

[gregor herrmann]

On Tue, 27 Sep 2016 20:58:49 +0200, Dominique Dumont wrote:

> On Tuesday, 27 September 2016 19:49:15 CEST gregor herrmann wrote:
> > Just thinking out aloud: Do you need a new source package, or could
> > this be a new binary package produced by the rakudo source package?
> Well, Perl6 and Rakudo have 2 different life cycles:
> * perl6 and rakudo have different version numbers

Oh, right, that would make versioning of the binary packages more
difficult (it works somehow but I don't remember exactly how) and
confusing.

> We may also want to switch to another compiler (in a distant future), so 
> having a separate source package will make this hypothetical transition easier 
> .

Then a new compiler source package could build the perl6 binary
package ... Theoretically.


But yes, that makes everything just more messy, so I agree if you
just forget my quick idea :)


Cheers,
gregor

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