in reply to Re^3: CPAN modules on old versions of perl?
in thread CPAN modules on old versions of perl?
do CPAN authors know the minimum perl required for their modules?I would hope so.
Really? It seems like kind of a lot to ask every CPAN author. Maybe I'm missing something, but I can think of two ways one would know the minimum version of perl required for their module:
- Know the details of each perl version well enough to predict what features their code uses will break and when those features appeared
- Try their module out on each successive old version until they reach one that breaks
Neither of which seem like viable options for the majority of CPAN contributors. Now, I would hope most authors know at least one version that their module works on -- that is, the version it was developed against. But that is not the minimum version.
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Re^5: CPAN modules on old versions of perl?
by davorg (Chancellor) on Nov 29, 2006 at 08:39 UTC |
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