> On 8 Feb 2024, at 16:53, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: > 2. Don't wait, migrate them all now. This would mean requiring > Perl 5.10.1 or later to run the TAP tests, even in back branches. > > I think #2 might not be all that radical. We have nothing older > than 5.14.0 in the buildfarm, so we don't really have much grounds > for claiming that 5.8.3 will work today. And 5.10.1 came out in > 2009, so how likely is it that anyone cares anymore?
I would vote for this option, if we don't run the trailing edge anywhere where breakage is visible to developers then it is like you say, far from guaranteed to work. -- Daniel Gustafsson
