From: Randal L. Schwartz <merlyn@stonehenge.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 22:01:07 GMT
Subject: Re: Perl version support (was Re: [PATCH] git-mv is not able to handle big directories)
Message-ID: <86hda3korg.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com>
In-Reply-To: <4384E574.8060801@zytor.com>

>>>>> "H" == H Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> writes:

H> There are a lot of Perl modules we use, so limiting it to 5.5 is
H> probably a showstopper.

Hmm.  I should look at that then.  Most Perl Modules are 5.5
compatible, unless they've been written by naive people recently. :)

H> I'm very surprised you say that 5.6 is more prevalent than 5.8.

For individual early adopters, 5.8 is nearly universal.  But a lot of
my corporate clients upgrade *very* slowly, and are on 5.6 for now.

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