Todo updates from Andy Dougherty <doughera@lafayette.edu>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@2754

diff --git a/Porting/pumpkin.pod b/Porting/pumpkin.pod
index 1f53c26..c54c508 100644 (file)
--- a/Porting/pumpkin.pod
+++ b/Porting/pumpkin.pod
@@ -1293,6 +1293,16 @@ the dist-users mailing list along these lines.  They have been folded
 back into the main distribution, but various parts of the perl
 Configure/build/install process still assume src='.'.
 
+=item Directory for vendor-supplied modules?
+
+If a vendor supplies perl, but wants to leave $siteperl and $sitearch
+for the local user to use, where should the vendor put vendor-supplied
+modules (such as Tk.so?)  If the vendor puts them in $archlib, then
+they need to be updated each time the perl version is updated.
+Perhaps we need a set of libries $vendorperl and $vendorarch that
+track $apiversion (like the $sitexxx directories do) rather than
+just $version (like the main perl directory).
+
 =item Hint file fixes
 
 Various hint files work around Configure problems.  We ought to fix

diff --git a/Todo b/Todo
index 9a4d030..3fd0845 100644 (file)
--- a/Todo
+++ b/Todo
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Would be nice to have
        lexperl
        Bundled perl preprocessor
        Use posix calls internally where possible
-       gettimeofday
+       gettimeofday (possibly best left for a module?)
        format BOTTOM
        -i rename file only when successfully changed
        All ARGV input should act like <>

diff --git a/Todo-5.005 b/Todo-5.005
index b032245..31cf632 100644 (file)
--- a/Todo-5.005
+++ b/Todo-5.005
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ Multi-threading
     SvREFCNT_dec(curstack) in threadstart() in Thread.xs
     better support for externally created threads
     Thread::Pool
-    more Configure support
     spot-check globals like statcache and global GVs for thread-safety
 
 Compiler
@@ -50,9 +49,9 @@ Miscellaneous
 Ongoing
     keep filenames 8.3 friendly, where feasible
     upgrade to newer versions of all independently maintained modules
+    comprehensive perldelta.pod
 
 Documentation
-    comprehensive perldelta.pod
     describe new age patterns
     update perl{guts,call,embed,xs} with additions, changes to API
     document Win32 choices