Re: Please fix IO::Socket timeout bug before releasing potato
On Mon, Jan 24, 2000 at 11:12:07AM +0100, Thomas Gebhardt wrote:
> Hi,
>
> (cf. Bug #51426)
>
> perl_base still contains the outdated (from 1996 ?) version 1.1603
> IO::Socket module which is known to be buggy (at least there is a
> bug that affects the timeout behaviour in a serious way). Other
> Perl Modules that use IO.pm are affected as well.
>
> We should really switch to IO Version 1.20 (released 24th July 1998)
> (cf http://search.cpan.org/search?mode=module&query=IO%3A%3ASocket)
> before we release potato.
>
> Maybe one should increase the severity of Bug #51426?
There used to be a problem with licensing, but it looks like the IO
library is now licensed the same as perl itself. The 'complete' IO
package would be cool to have now...
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