Re: Oldest supported Perl version

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On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 13:32, Jay Soffian <jaysoffian@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Anyway, I see that there are basically a few categories to decide on:
>
> 1) gitweb
> 2) the *.perl scripts
> 3) Git.pm
> 4) the parts of the test suite that use perl
>
> I think there is consensus that (1) is 5.8.1 for unicode reasons. (3)
> and (4), for all practical purposes, are apparently 5.6.0. So that
> leaves (2), which is either 5.6.0 or 5.8.1 depending upon which gmane
> thread you consult.

It looks like 5.6.0 was released a DECADE ago. Drop it.

My advice is to take the advice of Perl hacker H.Merijn Brand:

> My personal preference for the lowest usable and reliable perl version
is 5.8.5 (FWIW)
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