[cobalt-users] upgrading perl/spamassassin 2.53

[admin <admin@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello.

I was thinking about upgrading to spamassassin 2.53 on my Qube3 (I'm 
currently using spamassassin 2.2) but then I found out I need to upgrade 
perl first and/or install a bunch of modules. I'm not really interested in 
upgrading perl--just got done reading some horror stories in the archives 
of this list and elsewhere about perl upgrades resulting in non-functional 
Qubes.

So, my question for the list:

Is spamassassin 2.5 a significant enough improvement over 2.2 to make the 
perl hassle worthwhile? If so, what is the least dangerous way of going 
about the upgrade?

Thanks in advance for any advice.