On Fri, Aug 20, 2021 at 10:27:59AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote: > Perl 5.8 is nearly 20 years old now. > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perl_5_version_history > > checkpatch uses regexes that are incompatible with perl versions > earlier than 5.10, but these uses are currently runtime checked > and skipped if the perl version is too old. This runtime checking > skips several useful tests. > > There is also some desire for tools like kernel-doc, checkpatch and > get_maintainer to use a common library of regexes and functions: > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/YR2lexDd9N0sWxIW@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ > > It'd be useful to set the minimum perl version to something more modern. > > I believe perl 5.14, now only a decade old, is a reasonable target. > > Any objections or suggestions for a newer minimum version? It's probably reasonable, even the Slackware 14.2 on my home PC, which is starting to date, ships a 5.22. Willy
