From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: "Randal L. Schwartz" <merlyn@stonehenge.com>
Cc: Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com>,
Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>,
git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Perl version support (was Re: [PATCH] git-mv is not able to handle big directories)
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 13:56:04 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4384E574.8060801@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <86mzjvphhj.fsf_-_@blue.stonehenge.com>
Randal L. Schwartz wrote:
>
> I'd say that 50% of the Perl-using population is at 5.6, with 25% each
> at 5.5 and 5.8. Those on 5.5 are generally unable to upgrade Perl
> for corporate reasons.
>
> Targetting Perl 5.6 would assist broad acceptance of git for the
> typical commercial end user. Targetting 5.5 where possible would
> ensure practical success for everyone.
>
> However, I have not seen the "target market" of git discussed yet
> (I came late to the party), so if support for 5.6 (or 5.5) is not chosen,
> it merely limits the market.
>
There are a lot of Perl modules we use, so limiting it to 5.5 is
probably a showstopper.
I'm very surprised you say that 5.6 is more prevalent than 5.8.
-hpa
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-11-23 21:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-11-23 5:41 [PATCH] git-mv is not able to handle big directories Alexander Litvinov
2005-11-23 6:14 ` Junio C Hamano
2005-11-23 6:32 ` Junio C Hamano
2005-11-23 7:55 ` Randal L. Schwartz
2005-11-23 8:37 ` Junio C Hamano
2005-11-23 13:56 ` Ryan Anderson
2005-11-23 14:27 ` Perl version support (was Re: [PATCH] git-mv is not able to handle big directories) Randal L. Schwartz
2005-11-23 19:47 ` Perl version support Junio C Hamano
2005-11-23 19:59 ` Randal L. Schwartz
2005-11-23 21:56 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2005-11-23 22:01 ` Perl version support (was Re: [PATCH] git-mv is not able to handle big directories) Randal L. Schwartz
2005-11-23 22:02 ` Morten Welinder
2005-11-28 1:46 ` Ryan Anderson
2005-11-28 8:49 ` Andreas Ericsson
2005-11-23 18:53 ` [PATCH] git-mv is not able to handle big directories Junio C Hamano
2005-11-23 19:54 ` Ryan Anderson
[not found] ` <200511231619.41497.lan@ac-sw.com>
2005-11-23 14:29 ` Randal L. Schwartz
2005-11-23 7:26 ` git-mv is not able to handle directory with one file in it Alexander Litvinov
2005-11-23 7:57 ` Andreas Ericsson
2005-11-23 9:57 ` Alexander Litvinov
2005-11-23 10:21 ` Alexander Litvinov
2005-11-23 11:07 ` Josef Weidendorfer
2005-11-23 14:47 ` Josef Weidendorfer
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