Bug 843 - test other perl versions (or require a newer version)
Summary: test other perl versions (or require a newer version)
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Spamassassin
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Libraries (show other bugs)
Version: SVN Trunk (Latest Devel Version)
Hardware: Other other
: P2 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: SpamAssassin Developer Mailing List
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Reported: 2002-09-06 00:27 UTC by Daniel Quinlan
Modified: 2002-12-13 11:15 UTC (History)
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Description Daniel Quinlan 2002-09-06 00:27:58 UTC 
How many developers using earlier versions of Perl?  It seems like the center
of usage is perl 5.6.1 because we have 5.005 problems with every release and
now we are starting to have perl 5.8 problems as well.

We should do one of the following:

1. test each check-in for perl 5.005 compatibility
2. require perl 5.6.1 and do not support older/newer versions

I like option 1 better since we could also test 5.6.1 and 5.8.0.  Option 2
would be very unpopular.
Comment 1 Justin Mason 2002-09-06 03:36:31 UTC 
yes, we should.  but how?

Matt has noted that sf.net's compile farm uses perl 5.005, so I
could rig up an automated build/make-test tinderbox-style suite there.
but 5.8.0 is not covered by those boxes AFAIK.

maybe someone with a 5.8.0 installation could volunteer to run a nightly
cron job on their box, which cvs updates, does a make, and reports 
the reuslts by mail to -devel.  sound good?
Comment 2 Malte S. Stretz 2002-09-06 06:58:25 UTC 
I'll set up my box to do so. It'll `make test` on 5.8.0, 5.6.1 and 5.005_03 at 
04:00 UTC and report if any of those failed. Expect it to Sunday.
Comment 3 Duncan Findlay 2002-09-06 16:43:10 UTC 
Subject: Re: [SAdev]  test other perl versions (or require a newer version)

If you ever need it, I can test on perl 5.6 and perl 5.8 (and, for a
little while, at least, perl 5.005) on a variety of different
architectures. (All running Debian, of course) Let me know, and I'll
see what I can do.
Comment 4 Duncan Findlay 2002-12-13 20:15:19 UTC 
This seems to be under control. FIXED.