I am considering dropping support for Perl 5.6 in Devel::Cover. Whilst Devel::Cover basically works with Perl 5.6.1 and Perl 5.6.2, there are many parts which are difficult or impossible to implement, leading to certain constructs which cannot be covered.
I realise that some people, especially those in a corporate environment may not be able to simply upgrade. Until recently I was working somewhere where /usr/bin/perl was Perl 4. I just wanted to get opinions on this move. If too many people make too many good cases for keeping 5.6 support, I'll see what I can do, but I'm finding that supporting 5.6 is taking a lot of time that I would rather be spending on other things.
It might be nice if it could operate in a degraded mode for Perls < 5.8. But, I don't think it's too big of a hindrance if it only runs on 5.8.x as most users of Devel::Cover should at least have a 5.8 perl around for testing.
Randy.
