[needs-packaging] perl6

[Xan]

Perl6 is a new version of Perl programming language. Although it's in development it's stable enough for provide a ubuntu package.

The most stable compiler is rakudo (see http://perl6.org/compilers/). There is a Rakudo Star package in Fedora 14 [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/Rakudo_Star].

Perl6 and perl5 could coexist without problems.

The best is to provide rakudo package for perl6, but it could be package other compilers. But I think you could provide at least one compiler for perl6.

Regards,
Xan.

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

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This bug is tagged needs-packaging which identifies it as a request for a new package in Ubuntu. As a part of the managing needs-packaging bug reports specification, https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/Specs/NeedsPackagingBugs, all needs-packaging bug reports have Wishlist importance. Subsequently, I'm setting this bug's status to Wishlist.

[Hans Joachim Desserud (hjd)]

Thanks for reporting.

Starting with Ubuntu 17.04, perl6 has been available as a metapackage. For now it points to the rakudo package which has been available even longer. :)