Andrew Dunstan <and...@dunslane.net> writes: > On 2025-02-12 We 8:58 AM, Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker wrote: >> >>> Another question is whether command_fails and command_fails_like is >>> the only pair or there are more which need stricter checks? >> If we do this, we should do it across the board for >> PostgreSQL::Test::Utils and ::Cluster at least. Once we bump the >> minimum perl version to 5.20 or beyond we should switch to using >> function signatures (https://perldoc.perl.org/perlsub#Signatures), which >> gives us this checking for free. > > Is there any reason we can't move to 5.20? Are there any buildfarm > animals using such an old version? 5.20 is now almost 10 years old.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 has Perl 5.16 and is on Extended Lifecycle Support until 2028-06-30. I don't know how long other distros based on that (e.g. CentOS, Scientific Linux) are supported, but I can see that Amazon Linux 2 is almost out of support (2025-06-30). > cheers > > andrew - ilmari
