From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.0 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CDFD2C4338F for ; Fri, 20 Aug 2021 17:34:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from bombadil.infradead.org (bombadil.infradead.org [198.137.202.133]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9BDEB61157 for ; Fri, 20 Aug 2021 17:34:11 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 mail.kernel.org 9BDEB61157 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=1wt.eu Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=lists.infradead.org DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lists.infradead.org; s=bombadil.20210309; h=Sender: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:List-Subscribe:List-Help:List-Post: List-Archive:List-Unsubscribe:List-Id:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:References: Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:Reply-To:Content-ID:Content-Description: Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID: List-Owner; bh=aDZbeOA/HiiIGqk1Mja/ZAOxDMgwK2z2Zus4pypblJQ=; b=1GQ2zK1VI7hmds ZVesK7bsy2i7KrS8NwbpnSK+IBu4B4r4/a3euEuaXZpsWKJw1ZJ3a5z9rv/MfakvQBRVrF5SE6Odq cJtbAlh9x/Y0b6xL35p/fU1Ligzo2/3lIAhiclF4O0uNWhRLrLbFe82SZiQXx7vJjy9GLCM/gKtvi 3rtK/XBwsa8173ZCCX9Y/rypM5stYrAH7GqtJveDY1WmOBH/7IQMNalVhtY9iMooJ5wDaX5h2a9iI a0ELMLbSX0sA8ls7VB2yzNQamtigq0UE2GRVKy4GLt7t/yf/IewVS96D0YcBAt9SG7L8vACg8yb1u LBc14uGUDNcgbKCBflOQ==; Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=bombadil.infradead.org) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.94.2 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1mH8Ox-00BkBN-Qh; Fri, 20 Aug 2021 17:33:55 +0000 Received: from wtarreau.pck.nerim.net ([62.212.114.60] helo=1wt.eu) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.94.2 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1mH8Ou-00Bk8w-SZ for linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org; Fri, 20 Aug 2021 17:33:54 +0000 Received: (from willy@localhost) by pcw.home.local (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) id 17KHXall026146; Fri, 20 Aug 2021 19:33:36 +0200 Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2021 19:33:36 +0200 From: Willy Tarreau To: Joe Perches Cc: LKML , Dave Hansen , Matthew Wilcox , Dwaipayan Ray , LukasBulwahn , linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, devicetree@vger.kernel.org, linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org, linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org, linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-csky@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: What is the oldest perl version being used with the kernel ? update oldest supported to 5.14 ? Message-ID: <20210820173336.GA26130@1wt.eu> References: <37ec9a36a5f7c71a8e23ab45fd3b7f20efd5da24.camel@perches.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <37ec9a36a5f7c71a8e23ab45fd3b7f20efd5da24.camel@perches.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) X-CRM114-Version: 20100106-BlameMichelson ( TRE 0.8.0 (BSD) ) MR-646709E3 X-CRM114-CacheID: sfid-20210820_103353_280071_C98333F3 X-CRM114-Status: GOOD ( 12.65 ) X-BeenThere: linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: "linux-riscv" Errors-To: linux-riscv-bounces+linux-riscv=archiver.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org 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@casper.infradead.org/ > > 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 _______________________________________________ linux-riscv mailing list linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-riscv