Re: Perl version support

Junio> I think the target market is people who use whatever POSIXy Junio> systems for their own work. To them, git and its dependencies Junio> are merely tools to get their job done, and while they might be Junio> capable and even willing to match the version requirements if it Junio> is absolutely necessary, they'd rather spend their time on what Junio> they do best (i.e. write software or documentation or whatever, Junio> whose changes are to be managed by git), than installing or Junio> upgrading base software just to satisfy git. And I'd like to Junio> see their time spent on what they do best, instead of caring and Junio> feeding of git, too.

Yes, this is why I keep pointing out GNU tools being used instead of POSIXy versions. :) Mostly because they break on either my Darwin laptop or my OpenBSD host server.

Junio> So in that sense, excluding 75% of people with "5.8 only" is not Junio> acceptable at all, and covering 75% with "5.6 or better" might Junio> be good enough, at least as a starter.

I think we're in agreement.

Junio> If it is not too much trouble, I'd appreciate it, at least the Junio> first half that can be done without taking too much of your time. Junio> Is it a mechanical "lint" like thing, that says "line 47 you Junio> have list form of pipe open -- that's 5.8 and better"?

The "perlver" tool installed with the "Perl::MinimumVersion" module from the CPAN will do about 80% of it. The other 20% are things that I can use my brain for.