3 out of 4 found this review helpful:
App-perlbrew
(0.27)
App-perlbrew
(0.27)
This is THE way to have multiple versions of perl installed.
I have 3 versions of perl installed:
1) Latest stable release of perl
2) Version installed on production web servers
3) Older version to test backwards compatibility.
It stops one messing with vendor supplied perl (which could cause issues with system-related tasks) - and allows you to run more modern versions if your vendor insists on providing a horribly out of date version.
The triumvirate of: App::perlbrew, App::cpanminus, and App::cpanoutdated provide a fantastic way of managing your perl environment.
James Aitken - 2011-07-23T12:31:28
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2 out of 2 found this review helpful:
App-perlbrew
(0.07)
App-perlbrew
(0.07)
Easy to install any version of Perl5 interpreter. This is very useful for developing perl scripts.
Tokuhiro Matsuno - 2010-07-20T21:23:15
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5 out of 5 found this review helpful:
App-perlbrew
(0.03)
App-perlbrew
(0.03)
Great idea and implementation. This tool makes it really easy for you to install different versions of perl under your home directory and switch from one to another.
This makes your life as a CPAN module developer much easier when you receive bug reports or CPAN testers failure with older version of perl that you might not otherwise have in your system.
It also makes your life as a normal perl user easier if you're using systems that has perl with custom vendor patches such as Mac OS X or Fedora, in which case you might want to avoid installing modules into system lib path that might cause problems with OS software upgrades.
Tatsuhiko Miyagawa - 2010-03-27T02:12:57
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5 out of 5 found this review helpful:
App-perlbrew
(0.03)
App-perlbrew
(0.03)
I've always missed a tool to switch perl versions like gcc-config or eselect. Since this installs perl in your home directory, there will be no interaction with the system perl which is a source of many headaches.
I hope that in the future perlbrew can take a local perl git repository and a tag.
installation and utilization is a breeze.
نديم الخمير - 2010-03-26T07:51:32
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