Perl 5.8.9 released
The Perl
5.8.9 release is now available; it consists mostly of bug fixes and
optimization work. "
We have only limited volunteer labour, and the maintenance burden is getting increasingly complex. Hence this will be the last significant release of the 5.8.x series. Any future releases of 5.8.x will likely only be to deal with security issues, and platform build failures. Therefore you should look to migrating to 5.10.x, if you have not started already."