Tim Bunce wrote:
And it wasn't easy. Withdrawing support for 5.6 anytime soon would be _much_ harder. Coupling that with a major change in the DBI that may require some application code changes (however small and rare) just makes the hurdle higher and create more reasons to stay with 5.6 and DBI v1.
Having said that, I've no problem declaring that 5.8 is the recommended version and that support for 5.6 will be withdrawn "at some point".
I do not get your point Tim. IMO the whole point for v2 would be that
- A true rewrite should be possible, whereever desired. - It is possible for the maintainers to get rid of some stuff. (You know better than I, what would be worth getting rid of and I know a lot.) - Whoever wants to use the new version is welcome and - Whoever doesn't want, is fine.
I accept, that the DBI is an important application. But your points are, IMO, an indicator, that v1 should receive further maintenance, perhaps by someone else.
Jochen
