Bug 361149: Bugzilla now requires Perl 5.8.1 or newer (Perl 5.8.0 throws…

Bugzilla/Config.pm

@@ -264,8 +264,6 @@ sub write_params {
     my $datadir    = bz_locations()->{'datadir'};
     my $param_file = "$datadir/params";
 
-    # This only has an affect for Data::Dumper >= 2.12 (ie perl >= 5.8.0)
-    # Its just cosmetic, though, so that doesn't matter
     local $Data::Dumper::Sortkeys = 1;
 
     my ($fh, $tmpname) = File::Temp::tempfile('params.XXXXX',

Bugzilla/Util.pm

@@ -106,8 +106,8 @@ sub html_light_quote {
            require HTML::Parser;
     };
 
-    # We need utf8_mode() from HTML::Parser 3.40 if running Perl >= 5.8.
-    if ($@ || ($] >= 5.008 && $HTML::Parser::VERSION < 3.40)) { # Package(s) not installed.
+    # We need utf8_mode() from HTML::Parser 3.40.
+    if ($@ || $HTML::Parser::VERSION < 3.40) { # Package(s) not installed.
         my $safe = join('|', @allow);
         my $chr = chr(1);
 
@@ -171,10 +171,10 @@ sub html_light_quote {
                                            comment => 0,
                                            process => 0);
 
-        # Avoid filling the web server error log with Perl 5.8.x.
+        # Avoid filling the web server error log.
         # In HTML::Scrubber 0.08, the HTML::Parser object is stored in
         # the "_p" key, but this may change in future versions.
-        if ($] >= 5.008 && ref($scrubber->{_p}) eq 'HTML::Parser') {
+        if (ref($scrubber->{_p}) eq 'HTML::Parser') {
             $scrubber->{_p}->utf8_mode(1);
         }
         return $scrubber->scrub($text);

checksetup.pl

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 ######################################################################
 
 use strict;
-use 5.008;
+use 5.008001;
 use File::Basename;
 use Getopt::Long qw(:config bundling);
 use Pod::Usage;
@@ -56,8 +56,6 @@ use Bugzilla::Constants;
 use Bugzilla::Install::Requirements;
 use Bugzilla::Install::Util qw(install_string get_version_and_os);
 
-require 5.008001 if ON_WINDOWS; # for CGI 2.93 or higher
-
 ######################################################################
 # Live Code
 ######################################################################

docs/xml/Bugzilla-Guide.xml

@@ -45,8 +45,7 @@
 <!ENTITY bzg-bugs "<ulink url='https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Bugzilla&amp;component=Documentation'>Bugzilla Documentation</ulink>">
 <!ENTITY mysql "http://www.mysql.com/">
 
-<!ENTITY min-perl-ver "5.8.0">
-<!ENTITY min-perl-ver-win "5.8.1">
+<!ENTITY min-perl-ver "5.8.1">
 ]>
 
 

docs/xml/installation.xml

 <!-- <!DOCTYPE chapter PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"> -->
-<!-- $Id: installation.xml,v 1.141 2007/08/03 14:58:40 lpsolit%gmail.com Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Id: installation.xml,v 1.142 2007/08/09 12:36:08 lpsolit%gmail.com Exp $ -->
 <chapter id="installing-bugzilla">
   <title>Installing Bugzilla</title>
 
@@ -54,8 +54,7 @@
     <procedure>
       <step>
         <para><link linkend="install-perl">Install Perl</link>
-        (&min-perl-ver; or above for non-Windows platforms; &min-perl-ver-win;
-        for Windows)
+        (&min-perl-ver; or above)
         </para>
       </step>
       <step>

t/001compile.t

@@ -36,11 +36,11 @@ use Test::More tests => scalar(@Support::Files::testitems);
 use DBI;
 my @DBI_drivers = DBI->available_drivers;
 
-# Bugzilla requires Perl 5.8.0 now.  Checksetup will tell you this if you run it, but
+# Bugzilla requires Perl 5.8.1 now.  Checksetup will tell you this if you run it, but
 # it tests it in a polite/passive way that won't make it fail at compile time.  We'll
-# slip in a compile-time failure if it's missing here so a tinderbox on < 5.8 won't
-# pass and mistakenly let people think Bugzilla works on any perl below 5.8.
-require 5.008;
+# slip in a compile-time failure if it's missing here so a tinderbox on < 5.8.1 won't
+# pass and mistakenly let people think Bugzilla works on any perl below 5.8.1.
+require 5.008001;
 
 # Capture the TESTOUT from Test::More or Test::Builder for printing errors.
 # This will handle verbosity for us automatically.