After skipping last week, Rik and BooK met today and we:
- happily confirmed there are no release blockers left
- looked at HTTP::Tiny, which might really be one last blocker
- reviewed the PPC list (see separate email)
- think we're ready for RC1!
Porters,
After a meeting around an actual physical table at the Perl Toolchain Summit last week, the three of us were back to our regular video calls. The call was longer than usual, as we delved into the code of CPAN.pm.
Today, the PSC met up … in person! We're all in Lyon for the Perl Toolchain Summit.

Meantime, although we had a very long conversation, it boils down to just a couple things:
- We talked a very long time (well, 45m) about GitHub issues labeled "BBC" and marking them "needs triage" (meaning: more info) or "not a release blocker" or "release blocker". This will require more work, but we made good progress.
- We discussed HTTP::Tiny, security, and how best to bootstrap CPAN and stay secure. More soon.
- We discussed Test2 in core, which is now its own thread on p5p, enjoy!
All three of us met, having skipped last week.
There wasn't much to talk about because code freeze ahead of 5.38 is in
effect, so there isn't much going on.
We talked further about the upcoming deprecations scheduled for
5.38.0 (smartmatch, tick-as-package-separator), and concluded that
we remain committed to keeping them deprecated on the current
schedule.
Next week's meeting will be in person in the French city of Lyon.