[Perl-org-patches] Target audience / platforms for learn.perl.org

[Leo Lapworth]

Hi,

I noticed on a few tutorials around the place there is a requirement for
5.10+

I agree there has to be a minimum level, but I think asking for 5.10 might
be pushing it?

I'm not on 5.10 and I'm not going to upgrade any of my systems to it for a
while, because it's not the OS default and it's a pain.

Could I suggest that all learn.perl.org documentation must run on:

5.8+? - with a mention that most stuff will work on 5.6+? (I really don't
know the differences enough to write this page, but there should be a single
page saying why we suggest 5.8+).

Where possible we want newbies to be using their locally install version of
Perl. The site should suggest Strawberry Perl for windows users and what
ever is native on *nix or OSX.

Having to explain about separate build environments / not blowing up the OS
Perl etc on the first install is just too much for a newbie.

The idea should be to get someone going quickly in the safest way possible
(I'm not ruling out talking about local::lib and other useful techniques for
making the newbie environment easier to use).

Does this sound reasonable?

Leo
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