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perlfaq2: patches and a suggestion for a patch
The first patch applies to the maintenance release (if this has
already been brought into line with the current one, never mind...).
The other two are for all current releases.
First, as far as I know, the patch about perl.org/TPI has not been
applied to 5.004_*, but I would think it should.
----patch---
--- pf2pm.4 Thu Jan 27 13:37:24 2000
+++ pf2pm.5 Thu Jan 27 13:36:30 2000
@@ -1,14 +1,32 @@
-=head2 What is perl.com? perl.org? The Perl Institute?
+=head2 What is perl.com? Perl Mongers? pm.org? perl.org?
-The perl.com domain is managed by Tom Christiansen, who created it as a
+The perl.com domain is owned by Tom Christiansen, who created it as a
public service long before perl.org came about. Despite the name, it's a
pretty non-commercial site meant to be a clearinghouse for information
about all things Perlian, accepting no paid advertisements, bouncy
-happy gifs, or silly java applets on its pages. The Perl Home Page at
+happy GIFs, or silly Java applets on its pages. The Perl Home Page at
http://www.perl.com/ is currently hosted on a T3 line courtesy of Songline
Systems, a software-oriented subsidiary of O'Reilly and Associates.
+Other starting points include
-perl.org is the official vehicle for The Perl Institute. The motto of
-TPI is "helping people help Perl help people" (or something like
-that). It's a non-profit organization supporting development,
-documentation, and dissemination of perl.
+ http://language.perl.com/
+ http://conference.perl.com/
+ http://reference.perl.com/
+
+Perl Mongers is an advocacy organization for the Perl language. For
+details, see the Perl Mongers web site at http://www.perlmongers.org/.
+
+Perl Mongers uses the pm.org domain for services related to Perl user
+groups. See the Perl user group web site at http://www.pm.org/ for more
+information about joining, starting, or requesting services for a Perl
+user group.
+
+Perl Mongers also maintains the perl.org domain to provide general
+support services to the Perl community, including the hosting of mailing
+lists, web sites, and other services. The web site
+http://www.perl.org/ is a general advocacy site for the Perl language,
+and there are many other sub-domains for special topics, such as
+
+ http://history.perl.org/
+ http://bugs.perl.org/
+ http://www.news.perl.org/
----end----
Next, the question about mailing lists needs to be changed.
----patch----
--- pf2-55m Thu Jan 27 13:30:58 2000
+++ pf2-55m.rev Thu Jan 27 13:32:46 2000
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
Most of the major modules (Tk, CGI, libwww-perl) have their own
mailing lists. Consult the documentation that came with the module for
-subscription information. The Perl Institute attempts to maintain a
+subscription information. The Perl Mongers attempt to maintain a
list of mailing lists at:
- http://www.perl.org/maillist.html
+ http://www.perl.org/support/online_support.html#mail
----end----
Finally, the contact info for Perlclinic seems to have changed, and I
don't see how they can be contributing to TPI at this point. :-) I
don't think it's my place to change this, but perhaps the relevant
party/parties could take care of this.
----excerpt----
=head2 Where can I buy a commercial version of Perl?
[snip]
Or you can purchase a real support contract. Although Cygnus historically
provided this service, they no longer sell support contracts for Perl.
Instead, the Paul Ingram Group will be taking up the slack through The
Perl Clinic. The following is a commercial from them:
"Do you need professional support for Perl and/or Oraperl? Do you need
a support contract with defined levels of service? Do you want to pay
only for what you need?
"The Paul Ingram Group has provided quality software development and
support services to some of the world's largest corporations for ten
years. We are now offering the same quality support services for Perl
at The Perl Clinic. This service is led by Tim Bunce, an active perl
porter since 1994 and well known as the author and maintainer of the
DBI, DBD::Oracle, and Oraperl modules and author/co-maintainer of The
Perl 5 Module List. We also offer Oracle users support for Perl5
Oraperl and related modules (which Oracle is planning to ship as part
of Oracle Web Server 3). 20% of the profit from our Perl support work
will be donated to The Perl Institute."
For more information, contact The Perl Clinic:
Tel: +44 1483 424424
Fax: +44 1483 419419
Web: http://www.perl.co.uk/
Email: perl-support-info@perl.co.uk or Tim.Bunce@ig.co.uk
----end----
Thank you for your kind attention.
dha
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