Well, there's certainly a deprecation cycle in play, and some things may be on their way out that I would rather see kept around (e.g. they seem to have given up on getting the case statement-- given/when-- working: it's tough to do it right without built-in types), but seriously you seem to be behind-the-times on how the project is being managed. If they implement a version 7.0 scheme again, I guarantee they'll do it without breakage: you'll need to say "use v7;" to turn it on.

I have a feeling you're reading Richardo Signes wrong, by the way-- he likes to play up what a negative kind-of-guy he is, and makes critical remarks about the state-of-perl in public that some people take a little too seriously. Perl-haters gotta hate, and they really loved to link to his talk with the title about how perl is an "Ongoing Disaster" or some such.