Re: [RANT] Should we try to keep compatibility with old perl5s?

[email protected] (Andy Lester) Fri, 17 Aug 2018 08:19:26 -0500

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> On Aug 17, 2018, at 4:41 AM, Shlomi Fish <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> I see - in that case I suppose they can afford to either pay me, say 100 USD
> per dist per year, so I'll support older versions of perl there - and for
> everyone, or alternatively do the backporting work themselves. And in both
> cases, stop complaining.

I suggest that trying to optimize away complaining is a losing battle.  You will never make everyone happy.  Don’t optimize for whining.