> Nope, I haven't run smoke against 5.6.x for quite some time. I think
> since 1.99_14 was released.

I think it is time we re-evaluated support for 5.6.x.

I would suggest we drop support for the 5.6 branch entirely.  here is why:

  - we spend lots of time on threads and require 5.8.x thread foo.  saying
"5.6.x for prefork and 5.8.x for threads" is really just setting us up for
lots of problem reports for when people fiddle with the mpm post
compilation.  everyone knows it is possible to compile with both mpms and
choose after the fact, right?

  - our resources are limited.  with just the handful of us being active it
is practically impossible to keep up with all the generations of httpd and
perl.  supporting just the 5.8.x tree alone is about to give us _5_
different versions of perl to accommodate internally with the impending
release of 5.8.5.

  - we are still not at 2.0 yet, so now is the time to drop support for
older versions, not after we move to 2.0 and find it is just a pain to
support 5.6.x.

personally, I am just fine with leaving 5.6.x behind.  who among us even
runs 5.6?  by this I mean that, as developers, it is impractical to say we
support a perl version that none of us even tests against on a semi-regular
basis, especially one that is as old (both in age and in version) as 5.6.1
is.  we are but a few, and we do our best to make everyone happy, but the
reality is that we can't handle everything, and I would rather see resources
go toward cool things like separating APR and integrating new httpd 2.2
features when it arrives over supporting older httpd or perl versions.

--Geoff

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