Re: [PATCH 12/13] INSTALL: require Perl 5.26.0

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On 2024-10-11 at 09:38:38, Oswald Buddenhagen wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 10, 2024 at 11:56:20PM +0000, brian m. carlson wrote:
> > Update the INSTALL file to reflect our new dependency requirement.
> > 
> any particular reason not to squash this into the parent commit?
> i see how the separation makes sense for the libcurl sub-series, but
> that doesn't seem applicable here.

Sure, I can do that.

> regarding the actual `use` statements, you could make them somewhat more
> legible by using 'v5.26' as the version number.
> 
> another aspect to consider is that the statement doesn't just specify
> the minimal version, but also subtly changes behavior. for example, the
> `use strict;` statements become redundant.
> 
> cf. https://perldoc.perl.org/functions/use#use-VERSION

Yes, I'll change that to a require v5.26 instead, since my goal isn't to
change the behaviour.

> lastly, it would be nice to update the build systems to reflect the
> version requirements. though the only pre-existing version check i found
> is the libcurl one in contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt.

I don't build with cmake, so I can't speak to the requirements for it.
It doesn't actually work on Unix as far as I know, and I don't run
Windows at all.
-- 
brian m. carlson (they/them or he/him)
Toronto, Ontario, CA

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