Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 20:55:27 +0100 From: Lars Thegler <lars@thegler.dk> To: Erwin Lansing <erwin@FreeBSD.org> Cc: perl@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: about databases/p5-DBD-Pg Message-ID: <421B8E2F.40409@thegler.dk> In-Reply-To: <20050222074403.GD80061@droso.net> References: <30BB59AB1D524A38C1E77994@[192.168.1.5]> <20050222074403.GD80061@droso.net>
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Erwin Lansing wrote: > On Tue, Feb 22, 2005 at 08:35:13AM +0100, Mathieu Arnold wrote: >>Last version of this only supports perl 5.6+ (requires DBI 1.38+), I'm on >>my way to update it, but should I ask for a repocopy to preserve the last >>5.005 compatible one ? > > *sigh* I wonder how many people still use perl 5.005_03 as more and more > modules no longer work with it, and many modules are starting to only > support 5.8+ and not even work with 5.6+. I don't think it's worth the > trouble to keep the older version as we did with p5-DBI. Remember that > it were other times then, when 4.x still was our production release. If > there comes a public outcry, we can always do one later. With all due respect, as long as 4.x is still officially alive, I think we should support it. I agree, the 5.005_03 usage is hopefully dwindling, but this can only be guesswork at best :) It is my observation, that most perl modules either just work on 5.005_03, or can be made to work with minor modifications. Of course, some modules use 5.6+ facilities and are harder, if not impossible, to make work under the old perl, and for these I find it perfectly reasonable to IGNORE them. I personally try my damndest to back-port stuff to 5.005_03, and it is only a waste of time if I'm alone in doing that ;) /Lars
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