Re: [PATCH 00/13] Update versions of libcurl and Perl

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Oct 11, 2024, 16:42 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqa5fah9pr.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <20241011074022.GC18010@coredump.intra.peff.net>

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

> The libcurl changes all looked OK to me. I was a little surprised that
> we could move to 7.61.0, which is only 6 years old, since many long-term
> releases target 10 years. I guess the ones you looked at have had point
> releases with updated libcurl?

Likewise for me, as 10 years was the random number floated around, if I remember correctly, back when we discussed the platform support policy.

> But 5.008 is so absurdly
> old that I find it hard to believe anybody would ever notice the
> difference.

Anybody who find that the update from 5.008 should be to 5.10, like I initially did, should feel absurdly old themselves ;-)

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