I would easily vote to require a MakeMaker version if that is the only
requirement to keep 5.6.X support to move this release forward. Anyone
supporting a 5.6.x install should be capable of installing requirements that
don't necessarily require an entirely new version.
However, I don't support an age-range for supporting perl because even 5.8
is already nearly 7 years old having been release in July 2002.
Regards,
KAM
----- Original Message -----
From: "Karsten Bräckelmann" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, June 29, 2009 7:32 PM
Subject: Re: 3.3.0 plans
On Thu, 2009-06-25 at 09:51 +0100, Justin Mason wrote:
2009/6/25 Karsten Bräckelmann <[email protected]>:
> I believe re-thinking the minimum supported Perl version and related
> stuff like screwing MakeMaker would be a *really* good target for a new
> $minor release.
>
> How much longer do we want to support Perl 5.6.x? [...]
my guess is it'll be doable.
BTW, since you're about to push an alpha release...
Did we decide about that yet? :) Is the priority bumping of the
MakeMaker bug an implicit death sentence for Perl 5.6 support, or do we
want a separate bug to track bumping requirements in two places?
See my concerns about carrying around old baggage and a need to support
Perl 5.6 for important back-ports until the end of the 3.4 live-time, if
we miss this opportunity.
--
char
*t="\10pse\0r\0dtu...@ghno\x4e\xc8\x79\xf4\xab\x51\x8a\x10\xf4\xf4\xc4";
main(){ char h,m=h=*t++,*x=t+2*h,c,i,l=*x,s=0; for (i=0;i<l;i++){ i%8?
c<<=1:
(c=*++x); c&128 && (s+=h); if (!(h>>=1)||!t[s+h]){
putchar(t[s]);h=m;s=0; }}}
