From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "H. Peter Anvin" 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 Message-ID: <4384E574.8060801@zytor.com> References: <200511231141.57683.lan@ac-sw.com> <7voe4b7uw7.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> <7vk6ez7u1y.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> <867jazre78.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com> <7vu0e369p4.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> <20051123135604.GB16995@mythryan2.michonline.com> <86mzjvphhj.fsf_-_@blue.stonehenge.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Ryan Anderson , Junio C Hamano , git@vger.kernel.org X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Wed Nov 23 22:59:12 2005 Return-path: Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ef2bR-0007UR-An for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Wed, 23 Nov 2005 22:56:33 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932554AbVKWV4a (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Nov 2005 16:56:30 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932558AbVKWV4a (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Nov 2005 16:56:30 -0500 Received: from terminus.zytor.com ([192.83.249.54]:27799 "EHLO terminus.zytor.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932554AbVKWV43 (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Nov 2005 16:56:29 -0500 Received: from [10.4.1.13] (yardgnome.orionmulti.com [209.128.68.65]) (authenticated bits=0) by terminus.zytor.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id jANLu9eu029364 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 23 Nov 2005 13:56:09 -0800 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7-1.1.fc4 (X11/20050929) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en To: "Randal L. Schwartz" In-Reply-To: <86mzjvphhj.fsf_-_@blue.stonehenge.com> X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.87.1, clamav-milter version 0.87 on localhost X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.0.4 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.4 (2005-06-05) on terminus.zytor.com Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: 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