They renamed it to Raku, the renamed have two benefits in minds
1. Reintroduce Perl 6 (Raku) as a completely new language, since some thought that being linked to Perl prevented adoption
2. Open the road for Perl 5 to evolve and add features, many people in the Perl 5 community thought that Perl 6 prevented Perl 5 from growing
In Summary, the sentiment was, Perl 5 and Perl 6 are two different languages each with its own roadmap, but that the name gave the impression they are one, and prevented both from evolving
1. Reintroduce Perl 6 (Raku) as a completely new language, since some thought that being linked to Perl prevented adoption
2. Open the road for Perl 5 to evolve and add features, many people in the Perl 5 community thought that Perl 6 prevented Perl 5 from growing
In Summary, the sentiment was, Perl 5 and Perl 6 are two different languages each with its own roadmap, but that the name gave the impression they are one, and prevented both from evolving