Re: [Slashcode-general] Can't locate DBIx/Password.pm in @INC

[Chris N. <pu...@po...>]

I am late on this, but wanted to reiterate something about perl versions.

At 09:23 -0400 2001.06.16, Patrick Galbraith wrote:
>The one question in requiring perl 5.6 is "how many systems come
>preinstalled with perl 5.6?"
>I don't see any problem with requiring 5.6, I'm just curious as to how
>many people would then have to upgrade perl?

I see a BIG HUGE NASTY problem with requiring 5.6.  Namely, that there is
no significant advantage in the code for it, and it will cause huge
problems for people who for one reason or another cannot upgrade perl.
Upgrading perl can be a pain in the arse if you are not familiar with perl.
It's not like mysql or Apache where you just recompile and install and
everything is OK.  perl is bigger and more complex and harder to upgrade.

Recommending perl 5.6.1 is good.  Requiring it is bad.

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