Bug #30927 for MIME-tools: 5.6.2 fails multiple tests

Fri Nov 23 02:40:33 2007 ANDK [...] cpan.org - Ticket created

Subject:

5.6.2 fails multiple tests

t/Smtpsend.t hangs with perl 5.6.2. This is unfortunate because so many tests fail up to this point that it is already clear that 5.6.2 is not supported and a hanging test is always a bit annoying. Please put a 'require 5.8.0' (or equivalent) into your Makefile.PL to signal the user in time that the software is not available for his 5.6. Alternatively, the dependency on 5.8 is probably fixable, but I did not look into it. Thanks,

Fri Nov 23 10:21:26 2007 dfs [...] roaringpenguin.com - Correspondence added

Subject:	Re: [rt.cpan.org #30927] 5.6.2 fails multiple tests
Date:	Fri, 23 Nov 2007 10:20:47 -0500
To:	bug-MIME-tools [...] rt.cpan.org
From:	"David F. Skoll" <dfs [...] roaringpenguin.com>

Hi, Andreas, Show quoted text

> Please put a 'require 5.8.0' (or equivalent) into your Makefile.PL to > signal the user in time that the software is not available for his 5.6.

Thanks for the note. We will definitely do that. Show quoted text

> Alternatively, the dependency on 5.8 is probably fixable, but I did not > look into it.

Actually, we made a deliberate decision to abandon pre-5.8 Perl releases. The old code used IO::Stringy which is a large and messy module. The new code uses Perl 5.8's in-memory I/O facilities instead. (There is still one stubborn dependency on IO::Stringy that we have not yet removed, but we plan to eventually.) Regards, David.

Fri Nov 23 10:21:31 2007 The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'

Fri Mar 07 11:09:47 2008 dmo+pause [...] dmo.ca - Status changed from 'open' to 'stalled'

Tue Mar 18 16:44:34 2008 dmo+pause [...] dmo.ca - Correspondence added

MIME-tools now requires 5.8

Tue Mar 18 16:44:36 2008 The RT System itself - Status changed from 'stalled' to 'open'

Tue Mar 18 16:44:37 2008 dmo+pause [...] dmo.ca - Status changed from 'open' to 'resolved'