On 9/18/06, Christopher H. Laco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I'm sure in the year 2012 there will still be someone running perl 4.036, but that doesn't mean we should expend any effort supporting them. 5.8.1 was released approximately 3 years ago now. I would think 5.8.1 is as far back as you'd want to support for any new software, given all of the advantages of 5.8.1 over previous versions.
[And to whoever mentiond 5.8.0 earlier: avoid that release like the plague...]
-- Brandon
When I converted Handel from CDBI to DBIC, I prereq went from 5.6.1 to
5.8.1. I'm not terribly concerned about that, but if I could shoehorn my
perl req back down to 5.6.1, that might give it a slightly greater
install base.
I'm sure in the year 2012 there will still be someone running perl 4.036, but that doesn't mean we should expend any effort supporting them. 5.8.1 was released approximately 3 years ago now. I would think 5.8.1 is as far back as you'd want to support for any new software, given all of the advantages of 5.8.1 over previous versions.
[And to whoever mentiond 5.8.0 earlier: avoid that release like the plague...]
-- Brandon
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