Re: [Nmap-scanner-general] Nmap::Scanner XML.pm change

[Max <nm...@we...>]

Will,

On Fri, 27 Feb 2004 12:42:28 EST, "Will Saxon" wrote:
> I am actually still using .5, primarily because that's what is available in f
> reebsd ports. I like to use those when available.

Makes sense.  .5 has a lot of those unitialized value problems .. along
with some other bugs that could cause your scripts to hang .. be aware
of that.  Mario Manno, who is now the official second developer on this
project, did a bunch of patches to fix those issues for .7.  Until we
hit 1.0 there may also be object model and attribute name changes as
well FYI :).

> I'll harass the port maintainer and see if I can get it updated to .7 when yo
> u release that.

Thanks!  

> Do you recommend an upgrade to perl 5.8? I have held off doing that because I
>  will need to move or reinstall several other perl modules on several machine
> s, but maybe it's time to do so.

There is nothing in perl 5.8 that will benefit you in terms of this module,
in fact with .5 you will see many warnings about uninitialized values that
might cause your scripts to fail .. and I know that FreeBSDs' threading 
support is still stabilizing, so it's not like you could use that to your
advantage with 5.8.  If you are happy with 5.6.x, I say stick with it until
you find a pressing reason to upgrade :) .. I am really looking forward to
perl 6.

Regards,
Max