97721 - New min. version for perl [5.005]

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Bugzilla :: Installation & Upgrading, defect, P1)

Description

[Jacob Steenhagen]

The attachment tracker that just went in uses the Template Toolkit, which only
works on Perl 5.005 and newer.  Because of this usage and other planned useage
of the Template Toolkit in Bugzilla, our new minimum version will have to be 5.005.

Comment 1

[Dave Miller [:justdave]]

*** Bug 97722 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 2

[Dave Miller [:justdave]]

this is part of installation, but I'll keep ownership, since I'm about to upload
a patch.

Comment 3

[Dave Miller [:justdave]]

Attachment: Patch v1

Comment 4

[Dave Miller [:justdave]]

Besides the check for Perl 5.005, I also added a check for the AppConfig module,
because it's a prereq for Template, and Template doesn't tell CPAN that
correctly, so if you don't have AppConfig installed and try to install Template,
Template's Makefile.PL will bail, giving you a text message that you have to
install AppConfig first, but it errors out in such a way that cpan will not
allow you to reattempt installing Template, unless you quit cpan and rerun it. 
Having the AppConfig check first will tend to get people to install AppConfig
before even attempting to install Template, thus avoiding the problem.

Comment 5

[Dave Miller [:justdave]]

Attachment: Patch v2

Comment 6

[Dave Miller [:justdave]]

v2 adds the minimum version number for AppConfig required by Template

Comment 7

[Dave Miller [:justdave]]

r= Myk in IRC

checked in.

Comment 8

[Brian 'netdragon' Bober]

Template doesn't exist for Win32!!!!!!!!!

Comment 9

[Dave Miller [:justdave]]

Yes it does.

http://www.template-toolkit.org/download.html#win32