<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>I work with Perl 6 and we are hoping to help maintain the *latest* release of the Perl 6 compiler for the Linux community as much as possible...<br><br></div>$ <b>sudo apt-get install rakudo</b><br>Reading package lists... Done<br>Building dependency tree <br>Reading state information... Done<br>rakudo is already the newest version (<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)">2015.11-2build1</span>).<br>0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 8 not upgraded.<br><br>This is *way* out of date, unfortunately...<br><br>$ <b>apt-cache show rakudo</b><br>Package: rakudo<br>Priority: optional<br>Section: universe/interpreters<br>Installed-Size: 17523<br>Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <<a href="mailto:ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.<wbr>ubuntu.com</a>><br>Original-Maintainer: Debian Rakudo Maintainers <<a href="mailto:pkg-rakudo-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org" target="_blank">pkg-rakudo-devel@lists.<wbr>alioth.debian.org</a>><br>Architecture: all<br>Version: <span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)">2015.11-2build1</span><br>Provides: perl6<br>Depends: moarvm (>= 2015.11), moarvm (<< 2015.12), nqp (= 2015.11-2), rakudo-lib (>= 2015.11-2build1), rakudo-lib (<< 2015.11-2build1.1~)<br>Suggests: valgrind<br>Filename: pool/universe/r/rakudo/rakudo_<wbr>2015.11-2build1_all.deb<br>Size: 2525470<br>MD5sum: 9d157b4125f1a4fdb28ad7e13e7543<wbr>a3<br>SHA1: 9cd7182656dfd3cf71a1a5f0e0dfee<wbr>e6ff10088e<br>SHA256: c94888088bb6ebdbf99fe876398875<wbr>a6f51dcfe190285a9d4c4ef41c344f<wbr>dd83<br>Description-en: Perl 6 implementation on top of Moar virtual machine<br> Rakudo Perl is a compiler that implements the Perl 6 specification and runs on<br> top of several virtual machines. Debian rakudo package runs on top of MoarVM.<br> .<br> Perl 6 is a programming language, member of the Perl family. Like Perl 5, her<br> world-famous big sister, Perl 6 intends to carry forward the high ideals of<br> the Perl community and is currently being developed by a team of dedicated and<br> enthusiastic volunteers.<br> .<br> valgrind package installation is suggested to debug issues with<br> perl6-valgrind-m program.<br>Description-md5: eab14223886cc39425a796041b2bf1<wbr>4c<br>Homepage: <a href="http://rakudo.org/" target="_blank">http://rakudo.org/</a><br>Bugs: <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug" target="_blank">https://bugs.launchpad.net/<wbr>ubuntu/+filebug</a><br>Origin: Ubuntu<br><br><br></div>Is there anything I can do to help maintain this package for the greater good and keep the lastest release available? Perl 6 is an evolving implementation, but it's really important to keep the latest versions available as things progress and I would like to offer some help, perhaps.<br><br></div>Thank you!<span class="HOEnZb"></span><br clear="all"></div></div><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Prairie Nyx<br><a href="mailto:prairienyx@gmail.com" target="_blank">prairienyx@gmail.com</a></div>
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