X-Git-Url: https://git.deb.at/w?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;fp=NEWS;h=0000000000000000000000000000000000000000;hb=be81225823f000a965985749c6ea8837e31b23f3;hp=5a43d238de246466f1130028a792cf933c0f1d4b;hpb=eaaeebe9048266deff624831bf50ba847ae7f048;p=pkg%2Ft-prot.git diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS deleted file mode 100644 index 5a43d23..0000000 --- a/NEWS +++ /dev/null @@ -1,25 +0,0 @@ -T-PROT AND SUPPORT FOR GETOPT::LONG -=================================== - -Most distributions (it seems to me) are quite eager to abandon Getopt::Mixed, -having Getopt::Long in the official Perl package, which does everything the -former module did. Getopt::Mixed is unmaintained and marked deprecated by -its author, so why keep it? - -The answer is simple: because it's much faster (GNU time(1) tells me 28% -faster for running my complete t-prot release test suite consisting of -real-life emails) than anything I could get out of Getopt::Long. Plus, -from my point of view, there are no problems having a package installed -that is well-tested and just works fine (you don't need updates and more -new shiny features if the software just does what you want it to do). - -So we have the choice between easy maintainance and better performance. - - -For the time being, I made my choice and keep sticking to Getopt::Mixed as -long as it works as-is with current stable perl versions. That does not mean -I don't see the merits of a well-maintained standard module, which is already -available on any perl system out there. Thus, a patch is provided to allow -easy migration to Getopt::Long for anyone who likes this better. I hope -this solution is fine for everyone. -