| From: | Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Peter Eisentraut <peter(at)eisentraut(dot)org>, John Naylor <johncnaylorls(at)gmail(dot)com>, Greg Sabino Mullane <htamfids(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: What about Perl autodie? |
| Date: | 2024-02-08 16:08:01 |
| Message-ID: | C3ECD7DF-0A33-47C3-9B38-6B443715DF23@yesql.se |
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> On 8 Feb 2024, at 16:53, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> 2. Don't wait, migrate them all now. This would mean requiring
> Perl 5.10.1 or later to run the TAP tests, even in back branches.
>
> I think #2 might not be all that radical. We have nothing older
> than 5.14.0 in the buildfarm, so we don't really have much grounds
> for claiming that 5.8.3 will work today. And 5.10.1 came out in
> 2009, so how likely is it that anyone cares anymore?
I would vote for this option, if we don't run the trailing edge anywhere where
breakage is visible to developers then it is like you say, far from guaranteed
to work.
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Daniel Gustafsson
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