Re:SUSE Donates USD 11,500 to the Perl and Raku Foundation
by rbanffy on Thursday August 07, 2025 @01:58PM
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I would assume they benefit from Perl code (not sure how much at this point in time), and want Perl to continue to be maintained, therefore, they benefit from this donation.
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Re:SUSE Donates USD 11,500 to the Perl and Raku Foundation
by finaard on Thursday August 07, 2025 @03:02PM
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OBS (the build system running build.opensuse.org) has quite a bit of perl at its core.
Re:SUSE Donates USD 11,500 to the Perl and Raku Foundation
by dlachausse on Thursday August 07, 2025 @03:51PM
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OBS is a service that SUSE provides to the greater open source community free of charge for everyone’s benefit. It’s not a great example of greedy corporations taking more than they give back.
Re:SUSE Donates USD 11,500 to the Perl and Raku Foundation
by hasnd on Thursday August 07, 2025 @03:25PM
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Just how much maintenance does the Perl interpreter realistically need in 2025.
Re:SUSE Donates USD 11,500 to the Perl and Raku Foundation
by its-summertime on Thursday August 07, 2025 @04:07PM
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Package hosting, security updates, gradual improvements after perl 7 didn't pan out (?), Raku is an ongoing language in continuing development, grants, events, etc
perl 5 specifically has had ~15 releases so far this year. (not counting release candidates)
it all costs time and or money