2009/6/25 Karsten Bräckelmann <[email protected]>: > On Wed, 2009-06-24 at 23:00 +0100, Justin Mason wrote: >> is there anything else that we should sort out before an alpha is viable? > > I believe re-thinking the minimum supported Perl version and related > stuff like screwing MakeMaker would be a *really* good target for a new > $minor release. > > How much longer do we want to support Perl 5.6.x? There are comments in > bugzilla from years ago, that there's virtually no system without Perl > 5.8.x for years (counting from the comment, not today). > > I'd seriously prefer a "drop support for < Perl 5.8.1" in a separate > thread, though.
I've done that -- and on the users@ list, since a lot of potential commenters don't read d...@. (I've also cc'd my blog to catch the Planet Perl readers.) my guess is it'll be doable. --j.
