Michael G Schwern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Why make this change now? I've always been frustrated at being hamstrung from
> using "new" features of perl. The Perl Survey results is what pushed me over
> the edge. [1] Only 6% of the respondents say they used 5.5.x as their
> *minimum* version of Perl in the last year and 0.5% said 5.5.x was their max.
> As we didn't get specific about what they used those versions for, I suspect
> there's a lot of CPAN testers that reported it as their min. I rarely get bug
> reports from actual 5.5 users, they're almost always from CPAN testers. Thus,
> it's not a large enough population for me to spend my unpaid time and effort
> on and to delay new features.
There are exactly *two* CPAN testers using 5.5.x. And at least one of
both did not specify 5.5.x at all at the perlsurvey.
I find 6% surprisingly high. Isn't perl supporting operating systems
with a much lesser popularity?
Regards,
Slaven
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