Re^2: Determining minimum Perl version for new module

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Re^3: Determining minimum Perl version for new module by hippo (Archbishop) on Sep 12, 2019 at 08:15 UTC
RHEL 7 - Perl 5.18 (I think?) Actually it's only 5.16.3 on RHEL7. RHEL8 has 5.26.3. That's quite a jump but then it has been almost 5 years between their major releases.	[reply]
Re^4: Determining minimum Perl version for new module by Tux (Canon) on Sep 12, 2019 at 08:43 UTC
`$ xlsgrep -L -i rhel dist-perl.csv 4 x 1993 redhat \| RHEL-8.0 \| 2019-05-06 \| 5.26.3 redhat \| RHEL-7.7 \| 2019-08-06 \| 5.16.3 redhat \| RHEL-6.9 \| 2017-03-21 \| 5.10.1 redhat \| RHEL-5.11 \| 2014-09-16 \| 5.8.8 redhat \| RHEL-4.8 \| 2009-05-19 \| 5.8.5 redhat \| RHEL-3.9 \| 2007-05-30 \| 5.8.0 redhat \| RHEL-2.1 \| 2002-03-26 \| 5.6.0` [download] Enjoy, Have FUN! H.Merijn	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Determining minimum Perl version for new module by Tux (Canon) on Sep 12, 2019 at 08:41 UTC
On distrowatch you can dig through the Linux distributions to make a list of which distro comes with what perl version. (I try to keep a CSV list up-to-date for System::Info). A summary: 5.6 54 # .0: 16, .1: 38 5.8 372 # .0: 39, .1: 7, .2: 11, .3: 11, .4: 42, .5: 26, .6: 21, .7 +: 29, .8:184, .9: 2 5.10 270 # .0:105, .1:165 5.12 110 # .1: 10, .2: 24, .3: 36, .4: 40 5.14 166 # .0: 3, .1: 4, .2:156, .3: 1, .4: 2 5.16 59 # .0: 1, .1: 15, .2: 7, .3: 36 5.18 119 # .0: 8, .1: 31, .2: 77, .4: 3 5.20 145 # .0: 15, .1: 23, .2: 98, .3: 9 5.22 128 # .0: 12, .1: 74, .2: 36, .3: 6 5.24 137 # .0: 19, .1: 95, .2: 3, .3: 19, .4: 1 5.26 135 # .0: 19, .1: 72, .2: 41, .3: 3 5.28 117 # .0: 23, .1: 80, .2: 14 5.30 28 # .0: 28 [download] If I limit that list to dists that got a release since 2017-01-01, I get: `5.8 2 # .8: 2 5.10 10 # .1: 10 5.12 4 # .3: 4 5.14 7 # .2: 6, .3: 1 5.16 15 # .3: 15 5.18 11 # .0: 2, .1: 1, .2: 8 5.20 44 # .0: 2, .2: 38, .3: 4 5.22 60 # .0: 1, .1: 44, .2: 9, .3: 6 5.24 121 # .0: 8, .1: 90, .2: 3, .3: 19, .4: 1 5.26 135 # .0: 19, .1: 72, .2: 41, .3: 3 5.28 117 # .0: 23, .1: 80, .2: 14 5.30 28 # .0: 28` [download] and limiting to 2018 and 2019: `5.8 1 # .8: 1 5.10 4 # .1: 4 5.12 3 # .3: 3 5.14 5 # .2: 4, .3: 1 5.16 12 # .3: 12 5.18 4 # .0: 1, .2: 3 5.20 12 # .0: 1, .2: 10, .3: 1 5.22 30 # .1: 22, .2: 5, .3: 3 5.24 71 # .0: 2, .1: 54, .3: 14, .4: 1 5.26 108 # .0: 2, .1: 62, .2: 41, .3: 3 5.28 117 # .0: 23, .1: 80, .2: 14 5.30 28 # .0: 28` [download] With just one dist (openwall-3.1, which is the most recent openwall distributeded with perl on 2018-07-03) shipping with perl-5.8.8, I'd say having a minimum of 5.10.1 is a very safe choice. If you however really want to use a feature like `s{}{}r`, perlver tells me you'd need 5.14.0. Enjoy, Have FUN! H.Merijn	[reply] [d/l] [select]