Re: [PATCH] Remove dependency on deprecated Net::SMTP::SSL

> On 20 Nov 2016, at 19:53, brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net> wrote:
> 
> On Sun, Nov 20, 2016 at 04:18:16PM -0500, Mike Fisher wrote:
>> Refactor send_message() to remove dependency on deprecated
>> Net::SMTP::SSL:
>> 
>> <http://search.cpan.org/~rjbs/Net-SMTP-SSL-1.04/lib/Net/SMTP/SSL.pm#DEPRECATED>
> 
> As much as I hate to say this, I think this is going to cause
> compatibility problems.  Net::SMTP is part of core Perl (as of v5.7.3),
> but the version you want to rely on (which you did not provide an
> explicit dependency on) is from October 2014.
> 
> That basically means that no Perl on a Red Hat or CentOS system is going
> to provide that support, since RHEL 7 was released in June 2014.
> Providing an updated Git on those platforms would require replacing the
> system Perl or parts of it, which would be undesirable.  This would
> affect Debian 7 as well.
> 
> We currently support Perl 5.8 [0], so if you want to remove support for
> Net::SMTP::SSL, I'd recommend a solution that works with that version.
> 
> [0] I personally believe we should drop support for Perl older than
> 5.10.1 (if not newer), but that's my opinion and it isn't shared by
> other list regulars.
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