Re: Let's bump the minimum Perl version to 5.8

From: Tor Arntsen <tor@spacetec.no>
Date: Sep 24, 2010, 13:08 UTC
Message-ID: <AANLkTinRcGa3r_=D87G-4-qqdsFL9CKnawD=DCnRQ+7v@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 14:56, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> wrote:

> However, I'd like to shift the discussion a bit: Do we want to support
> the 5.6 line *at all* anymore? I don't think so. As you point out
> yourself you can just compile 5.8 or later on these machines.

5.8 as minimum is probably for the best. It's not that just you can compile a newer version (5.8), more importantly, Perl 5.8 is available as a package from those semi-official 3party repositories for most systems (at least the *nix systems I have access to), except for those like Irix 6.2 where it's hopeless anyway (perl 5.0). But I only have access to irix/aix/solaris/tru64 in addition to Linux.

-Tor