Re: Future of support for older Perl versions in DBI
On Sat, Sep 19, 2020 at 11:46:57PM -0700, Darren Duncan wrote: > Question: > > Are there any plans to sunset support for older Perl versions such as 5.8.x > in DBI in the foreseeable future or is the plan to continue to support > 5.8.1+ indefinitely until something unforeseen thing prevents it? To the extent that there's a plan at all, that's it. > I ask because I plan to introduce new database-related CPAN modules and am > starting to think about what minimum Perl version I should support. By > default the answer would be 5.8.0+ because that doesn't exclude anything > that DBI itself supports. But if DBI later say decided to require 5.10.0+ > or something else newer than 5.8.x then I would likely follow suit. I don't > actually need any Perl features newer than what 5.8.0 provides, but I would > leverage some for cleaner coding if they were available. > > Thank you for any insight. Support whatever version you feel comfortable supporting. Tim.
Future of support for older Perl versions in DBI
Question: Are there any plans to sunset support for older Perl versions such as 5.8.x in DBI in the foreseeable future or is the plan to continue to support 5.8.1+ indefinitely until something unforeseen thing prevents it? Is there any information about how many people are actually still using 5.8.x for example? I ask because I plan to introduce new database-related CPAN modules and am starting to think about what minimum Perl version I should support. By default the answer would be 5.8.0+ because that doesn't exclude anything that DBI itself supports. But if DBI later say decided to require 5.10.0+ or something else newer than 5.8.x then I would likely follow suit. I don't actually need any Perl features newer than what 5.8.0 provides, but I would leverage some for cleaner coding if they were available. Thank you for any insight. -- Darren Duncan
