Update Perl to version 5.10.x [PSARC/2009/315 FastTrack timeout 06/02/2009]

[James Carlson]

Rich Burridge writes:
>         Perl 5.10.x is binary-incompatible with 5.8.x, so it will be 
> necessary
>         to declare 5.8.x EOF in OpenSolaris, and remove it in a later 
> version.
>         A separate case will be submitted for this.

Is the EOF announcement for 5.8.x part of this case (with only the
removal being a future case), or are both parts for a later case?
(I'd argue that the former is both simple and likely makes more sense
here; if it's the latter, then please explain the status of 5.10.x
alongside 5.8.x.)

>         Unlike previous releases, 5.10.x will not integrate in to O/N, but
>         will instead move to SFW.

I'll be glad to see it go (eventually) for the improvement in build
time, but wasn't it delivered via ON because of some private interface
dependencies?  What's become of those for 5.10.x?  (Or were they never
really an issue?)

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