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Re: Disable lang/perl5 threads by default



Jonathan Perkin <jperkin%joyent.com@localhost> writes:

> For the last couple of releases, Perl has officially discouraged the
> use of ithreads:
>
>   
> https://metacpan.org/changes/distribution/perl#Interpreter-based-threads-are-now-discouraged
>
> Our options.mk enables threads by default if they are builtin, which
> is probably the vast majority of platforms by now.
>
> I propose we remove the PKG_SUGGESTED_OPTIONS setting, and leave it to
> the user to enable them if required, so that we match the upstream
> recommendation.

Do you know what will break/change if this is done?

Absent a good argument, I think following upstream's recommendations is
in order.

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