Re: [RANT] Should we try to keep compatibility with old perl5s?

2018-08-17 Thread Rocco Caputo
On Aug 17, 2018, at 10:26, Shlomi Fish wrote: > > On Fri, 17 Aug 2018 08:19:26 -0500 > Andy Lester wrote: >> >> I suggest that trying to optimize away complaining is a losing battle. You >> will never make everyone happy. > > Good advice, but see the first item of >

Re: [RANT] Should we try to keep compatibility with old perl5s?

2018-08-17 Thread Shlomi Fish
On Fri, 17 Aug 2018 08:19:26 -0500 Andy Lester wrote: > > On Aug 17, 2018, at 4:41 AM, Shlomi Fish wrote: > > > > I see - in that case I suppose they can afford to either pay me, say 100 USD > > per dist per year, so I'll support older versions of perl there - and for > > everyone, or

Re: [RANT] Should we try to keep compatibility with old perl5s?

2018-08-17 Thread Shlomi Fish
Hi Paul! Thanks for the reply. On Sun, 12 Aug 2018 09:56:44 -0400 Paul Bennett wrote: > I have faced this question head-on with some of my modules. > > My take is that there are many, many corporations version-locked to > specific "enterprise-grade" Linux distros, and stuck with system Perls