[Dbix-class] DBIC under Perl 5.6.1

[Matt S Trout]

Christopher H. Laco wrote:
> Brandon Black wrote:
>> On 9/18/06, Christopher H. Laco <claco at chrislaco.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> When I converted Handel from CDBI to DBIC, I prereq went from 5.6.1 to
>>> 5.8.1. I'm not terribly concerned about that, but if I could shoehorn my
>>> perl req back down to 5.6.1, that might give it a slightly greater
>>> install base.
>>
>> I'm sure in the year 2012 there will still be someone running perl 4.036,
>> but that doesn't mean we should expend any effort supporting them.
>> 5.8.1was released approximately 3 years ago now.  I would think
>> 5.8.1 is as far back as you'd want to support for any new software, given
>> all of the advantages of 5.8.1 over previous versions.
>>
>> [And to whoever mentiond 5.8.0 earlier: avoid that release like the
>> plague...]
>>
>> -- Brandon
>>
> 
> Not that I disagree, but if the difference between someone using and not
> using Handel is that they have a 5.6.1 shop and I didn't bother to test
> or support 5.6.1, then I'd rather support it than lose the user. But
> that's just me.

Same policy should stand for DBIC IMO.

> Plus, there isn't really anything 5.8 specific in Handel except some
> minor issues with displaying currency symbols/l10n exceptions, and even
> those worked in Handel 0.33 under 5.6.1.
> 
> If I were totally invested into 5.8 like Cat was, that would be a
> different story. I think DBIC falls more into the former rather than the
> latter case. If the only thing holding DBIC back from official 5.6.1
> support is the option UTF8Columns component and one test, then I so go
> for it. But I'm silly like that. :-P

Cat isn't. The last thing stopping me having it working under 5.6.2 was 
Path::Class, but as I say the commercial purpose vanished and nobody seemed to 
care. Maybe I'll revisit it one day when I'm bored/drunk/both.

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