From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?UTF-8?B?w4Z2YXIgQXJuZmrDtnLDsCBCamFybWFzb24=?= Subject: Re: Let's bump the minimum Perl version to 5.8 Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2010 13:32:49 +0000 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: Tait , git@vger.kernel.org, Alex Riesen To: Tor Arntsen X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Fri Sep 24 15:33:42 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Oz8PD-00084U-Jl for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Fri, 24 Sep 2010 15:33:39 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756306Ab0IXNdX convert rfc822-to-quoted-printable (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Sep 2010 09:33:23 -0400 Received: from mail-gw0-f46.google.com ([74.125.83.46]:33938 "EHLO mail-gw0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756296Ab0IXNdW convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Sep 2010 09:33:22 -0400 Received: by gwj17 with SMTP id 17so950413gwj.19 for ; Fri, 24 Sep 2010 06:33:21 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=e0tfQB1E9Y/OGvvIsO0TbYxZx2wg8G32/5U4nqo/0Yo=; b=BkP1BcPk1Zxx+SpJCPJKmLSrt1zEb+dvccIq+/x2Ws6xL0s5ZtVmEiM9dJJOjCcFbe l7m5vmBMaNjhxjbiEUrVg8H3+e9RRM6twBZx3TmCr/OHrhiAJ8TmqyAFtVwC/uElVsAw /p4mCp/GtWHC6iahhOxr3BNDEDmCeE/95iNyY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=UNAr7srhrV7sdas1SU8NmPvilPAEL1KATJ7eE449BHvGcWdAqkq0SJh0ZYO1zWpbiV vnKThcI8bQheIkB0+Z9FCSBnHhCoosZykR4OjvWPznbIeh12ape/lhFYGM5BqhGJ77cx Jr//QssmKfYhFuj9tmFL9PwGuBSpRkN/EosjI= Received: by 10.151.148.15 with SMTP id a15mr4618579ybo.123.1285335199713; Fri, 24 Sep 2010 06:33:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.231.48.195 with HTTP; Fri, 24 Sep 2010 06:32:49 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 13:08, Tor Arntsen wrote: > On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 14:56, =C3=86var Arnfj=C3=B6r=C3=B0 Bjarmason= wrote: > >> However, I'd like to shift the discussion a bit: Do we want to suppo= rt >> the 5.6 line *at all* anymore? I don't think so. As you point out >> yourself you can just compile 5.8 or later on these machines. > > 5.8 as minimum is probably for the best. It's not that just you can > compile a newer version (5.8), more importantly, Perl 5.8 is availabl= e > as a package from those semi-official 3party repositories for most > systems (at least the *nix systems I have access to) Do those repositories also have 5.10 and 5.12? > except for those like Irix 6.2 where it's hopeless anyway (perl > 5.0). But I only have access to irix/aix/solaris/tru64 in addition > to Linux. Hrm, 6.2 is old, but 5.12 is known to compile on 6.5 at least. What are the issues with 6.2? Perhaps they could be solved if someone with such a machine contributed a smoker for the perl core. Perl is very portable with people willing to port it, the main limitation is usually that porters don't have access to obscure systems, not that there isn't interest.