Re: Future versions of DBI to require perl >= 5.8

Matthew Persico wrote: 
On 1/27/06, Darren Duncan <darren@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

[snip]

Even if you can't move, its not like 5.8 is becoming a hard
dependency, rather just a soft dependency, as I recall.


The minute Tim writes a piece of code with a construct that is new to
5.8 because
a) its cool
b) he can
c) its probably more effecient

that soft dependency gets real hard. If he says he's not supporting
5.6 then you cannot assume it will just work anyway.

--
Matthew O. Persico


Yes but you have to cut the tether sometime.

Robert
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