| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker <ilmari(at)ilmari(dot)org> |
| Cc: | Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Test::More version |
| Date: | 2021-11-15 19:14:36 |
| Message-ID: | 2145933.1637003676@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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=?utf-8?Q?Dagfinn_Ilmari_Manns=C3=A5ker?= <ilmari(at)ilmari(dot)org> writes:
> Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
>> Based on this, I'm inclined to think we should select 0.98 as the
>> minimum version. Anything later would inconvenience some people.
>> OTOH, it doesn't look like there's any value in promising compatibility
>> with 0.96 instead, especially since I see a couple of subplan-related
>> bug fixes in 0.97 and 0.98 in Test::Simple's changelog.
> FWIW, here's a list of Test::More versions shipped with various Perl
> releases. Since v5.12.0, the version does not change in minor releases.
> ...
> v5.12.0 0.94
> v5.14.0 0.98
Ah-hah, that's a good way to think about it too. There's surely
little reason in worrying about a module version that did not ship
in any Perl release, because what 99.9% of people will have is what
shipped with their Perl release.
regards, tom lane
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