> -----Original Message----- > From: Ingy dot Net [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 10:36 PM > To: Patrick LeBoutillier > Cc: inline > Subject: Re: Inline::Java 0.50_91 released > > Interesting. I support this decision as 5.6.x was never > really very good. I've noticed from bug reports on other > projects that 5.8.0 5.8.1 and 5.8.2 were buggy. Especially 5.8.0. > > Almost makes me want to just require 5.8.3 and above for all > my modules. > > Do folks think that maybe the new version of Inline could just support > 5.8.3 and above?
Whenever I've been tempted to do so in my projects, further investigation has revealed that it's usually not perl itself that's the problem, it's various modules bundled with perl that have since been improved. Whenever possible I'd encourage you to rely on updated versions of those modules rather than an updated perl. Personally I've even taken over maintenance of a few modules (File::Spec, Cwd, xsubpp) rather than give up compatibility with old perls. -Ken
