Description of problem: the currently shipped version of perl iThreads is 1.07. The most recent version at CPAN is 1.58 (both numbers are taken from threads.pm file). please upgrade the package. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): perl-5.8.8-10 Additional info: see http://search.cpan.org/~jdhedden/threads-1.58/
I really doubt there's anyone in Fedora team wanting to take the responsibility to update threads in 5.8.x while NWCLARK doesn't seem to be doing anything in this direction. I'd suggest raising this topic on perl5-porters, maybe Nick has something to say about this. OT, OFC, bleadperl has a current version of threads (RGARCIA updated it to 1.58 in change 29973)
In perl-5.10 we have 1.67. It isn't the latest but I think it's enough.