From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ryan Anderson Subject: Re: Perl version support (was Re: [PATCH] git-mv is not able to handle big directories) Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2005 20:46:29 -0500 Message-ID: <438A6175.2020705@michonline.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: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigDC30F41C65B935997DAD7559" Cc: Junio C Hamano , git@vger.kernel.org X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Mon Nov 28 02:47:07 2005 Return-path: Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EgY6J-0005nI-VX for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Mon, 28 Nov 2005 02:46:40 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751211AbVK1Bqh (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 Nov 2005 20:46:37 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751212AbVK1Bqg (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 Nov 2005 20:46:36 -0500 Received: from pcp01184054pcs.strl301.mi.comcast.net ([68.60.186.73]:57771 "EHLO h4x0r5.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751211AbVK1Bqg (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 Nov 2005 20:46:36 -0500 Received: from [10.254.251.12] (helo=mythryan) by h4x0r5.com with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.54) id 1EgY6D-0001TP-Aw; Sun, 27 Nov 2005 20:46:33 -0500 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]) by mythryan with esmtp (Exim 4.54) id 1EgY6D-0001DT-0H; Sun, 27 Nov 2005 20:46:33 -0500 User-Agent: Debian Thunderbird 1.0.7 (X11/20051017) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en To: "Randal L. Schwartz" In-Reply-To: <86mzjvphhj.fsf_-_@blue.stonehenge.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.93.0.0 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigDC30F41C65B935997DAD7559 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Randal L. Schwartz wrote: >>>>>>"Ryan" == Ryan Anderson writes: > Ryan> For the kernel, requiring 5.8 shouldn't be a big issue. I suspect it's > Ryan> really only the commercial Unixes where requiring 5.8 would be annoying. > > Ryan> Randal, is my guess even remotely accurate? > > 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. Well, I think the general target market[1] for Linux probably applies here, as well. On the other hand, the users limited to Perl 5.5 for corporate reasons are probably also prevented from installing new tools for general use, so the difference may not matter very much. [1] - "World domination", of course. -- Ryan Anderson sometimes Pug Majere --------------enigDC30F41C65B935997DAD7559 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFDimF4fhVDhkBuUKURAi2tAJoCvUyUF8zmLmzl0adIqezlAHDCkgCfaqnh xm+WzoebKdcfbaFLa/ll4jc= =Jaf5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigDC30F41C65B935997DAD7559--