Re: [PATCH @14870] long C<=item>s and other pod->man->troff problems

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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 =head1 NAME
 
-perlfaq1 - General Questions About Perl ($Revision: 1.2 $, $Date: 2001/11/09 08:06:04 $)
+perlfaq1 - General Questions About Perl ($Revision: 1.6 $, $Date: 2002/01/31 01:46:23 $)
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ producing better software for free than you could hope to purchase for
 money.  You may snoop on pending developments via the archives at
 http://www.xray.mpe.mpg.de/mailing-lists/perl5-porters/ 
 and http://archive.develooper.com/perl5-porters@perl.org/ 
-or the news gateway http://nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters ,
+or the news gateway nntp://nntp.perl.org/perl.perl5.porters or
+its web interface at http://nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters ,
 or read the faq at http://perlhacker.org/p5p-faq,
 or you can subscribe to the mailing list by sending
 perl5-porters-request@perl.org a subscription request
@@ -95,15 +96,16 @@ See L<perlhist> for a history of Perl revisions.
 At The Second O'Reilly Open Source Software Convention, Larry Wall            
 announced Perl6 development would begin in earnest. Perl6 was an oft
 used term for Chip Salzenberg's project to rewrite Perl in C++ named
-Topaz. However, Topaz should not be confused with the nisus to rewrite
-Perl while keeping the lessons learned from other software, as well as
-Perl5, in mind.
+Topaz. However, Topaz provided valuable insights to the next version
+of Perl and its implementation, but was ultimately abandoned.   
 
-If you have a desire to help in the crusade to make Perl a better place
-then peruse the Perl6 developers page at http://www.perl.org/perl6/ and 
-get involved.
+If you want to learn more about Perl6, or have a desire to help in 
+the crusade to make Perl a better place then peruse the Perl6 developers 
+page at http://dev.perl.org/perl6/ and get involved.
 
-The first alpha release is expected by Summer 2001.
+Perl6 is not scheduled for release yet, and Perl5 will still be supported
+for quite awhile after its release. Do not wait for Perl6 to do whatever
+you need to do.
 
 "We're really serious about reinventing everything that needs reinventing."
 --Larry Wall
@@ -262,7 +264,7 @@ http://www.cpan.org/misc/japh .
 Over a hundred quips by Larry, from postings of his or source code,
 can be found at http://www.cpan.org/misc/lwall-quotes.txt.gz .
 
-=head2 How can I convince my sysadmin/supervisor/employees to use version 5/5.005/Perl instead of some other language?
+=head2 How can I convince my sysadmin/supervisor/employees to use version 5/5.6.1/Perl instead of some other language?
 
 If your manager or employees are wary of unsupported software, or
 software which doesn't officially ship with your operating system, you
@@ -294,7 +296,7 @@ for any given task.  Also mention that the difference between version
 (Well, OK, maybe it's not quite that distinct, but you get the idea.)
 If you want support and a reasonable guarantee that what you're
 developing will continue to work in the future, then you have to run
-the supported version.  As of April 2001 that probably means
+the supported version.  As of January 2002 that probably means
 running either of the releases 5.6.1 (released in April 2001) or
 5.005_03 (released in March 1999), although 5.004_05 isn't that bad
 if you B<absolutely> need such an old version (released in April 1999)