[ cc'ing Craig and Noah, as author/committer of the existing text ] Daniel Gustafsson <dan...@yesql.se> writes: > On 7 Oct 2021, at 21:02, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: >> BTW, looking at that a second time, I wonder if that advice is >> really of any use.
> Yeah, I would have to agree. Reading that again I think what it perhaps > should > be saying is that 5.8.3 is the Perl API level that the testcode must conform > to, but they should run with basically whichever recent Perl you have handy as > long as the required modules are installed. Not that we expect developers to > run 5.8.3 when executing TAP tests. Yeah. I propose that what might be more useful than the existing last section of src/test/perl/README is something along the lines of: Avoid using any bleeding-edge Perl features. We have buildfarm animals running Perl versions as old as 5.8.3, so your tests will be expected to pass on that. Also, do not use any non-core Perl modules except IPC::Run. Or, if you must do so for a particular test, arrange to skip the test when the needed module isn't present. regards, tom lane