Re: minimum perl version

Hi,

On 2022-09-02 14:31:57 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de> writes:
> > I started a query on the buildfarm machine to collect the perl versions, but
> > it's just awfully slow...
>
> This is from March, but it's probably still accurate enough.

Thanks.

Mine did just finish. Over the last month there were the following perl
version on HEAD:

perl_version | last_report | array_agg
--------------+---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
{5,8,3} | 2022-08-04 09:38:04 | {prairiedog}
{5,14,2} | 2022-09-02 16:40:12 | {skate,lapwing,snapper,frogfish}
{5,16,3} | 2022-09-02 16:52:17 | {prion,dhole,buri,parula,mantid,chub,clam,snakefly,rhinoceros,quokka}
{5,18,2} | 2022-09-02 06:42:13 | {shelduck}
{5,20,2} | 2022-09-02 16:15:34 | {curculio,chipmunk,topminnow}
{5,22,1} | 2022-09-02 16:02:11 | {spurfowl,cuon,batfish}
{5,24,1} | 2022-09-02 17:00:17 | {urocryon,grison,mussurana,butterflyfish,ayu,chimaera,tadarida}
{5,24,3} | 2022-09-02 09:04:12 | {fairywren}
{5,26,1} | 2022-09-02 18:40:18 | {elasmobranch,avocet,bichir,blossomcrown,trilobite,cavefish,cotinga,demoiselle,perch,hippopotamus,jay}
{5,26,2} | 2022-09-02 09:02:03 | {vulpes,wobbegong}
{5,26,3} | 2022-09-02 12:04:01 | {jacana}
{5,28,0} | 2022-09-02 17:00:17 | {myna}
{5,28,1} | 2022-09-02 16:02:01 | {sungazer,hornet,hoverfly,ibisbill,kittiwake,mandrill,tern}
{5,28,2} | 2022-09-01 23:39:33 | {bonito}
{5,30,0} | 2022-09-02 14:16:16 | {branta,moonjelly,urutau,seawasp}
{5,30,1} | 2022-09-02 02:59:06 | {wrasse}
{5,30,2} | 2022-09-02 16:05:24 | {massasauga}
{5,30,3} | 2022-09-02 17:00:06 | {longfin,sifaka,gombessa}
{5,32,0} | 2022-09-02 16:00:05 | {margay}
{5,32,1} | 2022-09-02 17:49:36 | {lorikeet,alabio,guaibasaurus,eelpout,tayra,peripatus,plover,gull,mereswine,warbler,morepork,mule,loach,boomslang,florican,copperhead,conchuela}
{5,34,0} | 2022-09-02 16:30:04 | {culicidae,komodoensis,grassquit,mamba,francolin,mylodon,olingo,flaviventris,petalura,phycodurus,piculet,pogona,dragonet,devario,desmoxytes,rorqual,serinus,kestrel,crake,skink,chickadee,cardinalfish,tamandua,xenodermus,thorntail,calliphoridae,idiacanthus}
{5,34,1} | 2022-09-02 16:05:33 | {sidewinder,malleefowl,pollock}
{5,36,0} | 2022-09-02 03:01:08 | {dangomushi,caiman}
(23 rows)

5.14 would be a trivial lift as far as the buildfarm is concerned. The Debian
7 animals couldn't trivially be updated to a newer perl. It's from 2013-05-04,
so I wouldn't feel bad about dropping support for it - but probably wouldn't
personally bother just for this.

Greetings,

Andres Freund