When, if ever, can i expect Perl 5.10 to be available on CentOS?

Hi,

I'm mainly a Perl programmer and as such entirely clueless about linux administration and politics, but i figure people here would be able to help me on this one. I'm working on a website that is being run on a CentOS 5.4 server, which seems to be stuck on Perl 5.8.8.

I know there are several guides and such out there on how to install it manually, but I'm wondering: Can i expect whoever maintains CentOS (I really have no clue about the sysadmin side.) to ever officially make Perl 5.10 (or higher) available for 5.4? If so, when?

From serverfault Mithaldu

• CentOS follow RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux). RHEL 6 is on the way, which means that CentOS 6 will also be released in a few weeks (estimate).

  I took a quick look at RHEL 6 repodata, and it seems that Perl will, in the new version, have version 5.10.1:

  ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/rhel/beta/6/i386/os/Packages/ perl-5.10.1-106.el6.i686.rpm

  Answer: Yes, you can expect it to be available in CentOS in a little while.

  Mithaldu : Thanks for the answer and also for the explanation of the politics behind it! :)

  Ophidian : Note: RHEL6 is currently in beta (free!) and based on past history is rather likely to be in beta for a good six months. It typically takes the CentOS team at least a month or two after a RHEL release (and I am talking about the 5.x point releases) to get the corresponding CentOS release out the door. I wouldn't bet on CentOS 6 being available until the November/December time-frame.

  Mithaldu : Hm, a bit more than a little while. Thanks for the qualification of that timeframe. :)
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