Re^5: Question Node (nah)


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Re^5: Question Node (nah)

by tye (Sage)

on May 20, 2003 at 15:31 UTC ( [id://259487]=note: print w/replies, xml )

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Why is Perl 5 / Perl 6 such a big deal? Shouldn't we have meta data on exactly which Perl version, operating system (Win32/Unix/Mac/Other/Any), database, templating system, question category (Web/Network/Admin/Algo/Regex/...), etc. ?

I don't see a "Perl5 | Perl6 | Other | Both" field on questions being particularly useful. At least not enough to make site changes to support such.

- tye

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Re: Re^5: Question Node (nah)
by djantzen (Priest) on May 20, 2003 at 19:51 UTC

Sure! I think it would be great to have information about Perl version, OS, and a general category for the post built right into the node header. As far as Perl 5 => 6, obviously we won't know for sure until we actually start seeing this stuff in practice, but I know there's been concern in the past that it will become more difficult to provide support if we're trying to figure out which version an ambiguous question pertains to.

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