[Bioperl-l] v5.005 in INSTALL

[James Gilbert]

Hi,

A user emailed me to say that our Bio::Index modules don't work with 
Perl 5.005, and that a lot of others don't either because they have 
"use warnings". It says in the INSTALL file that 5.005 is OK. Should we 
change the INSTALL file to a later version of Perl, or fix 5.005 
compatability? (He had to use 5.005 on a particular machine because it 
is required by his SRS installation.)

Personally I'd go with 5.6.1 as a minimum. I like "use base", which is, 
I think, a 5.6.1 feature.

This is what we have in the INSTALL:

o SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

  - perl 5.005 or later*.

  - External modules: Bioperl uses functionality provided in other
    Perl modules.  Some of these are included in the standard perl
    package but some need to be obtained from the CPAN site. The
    list of external modules is included at the bottom of
    this INSTALL document.

    The CPAN Bioperl Bundle (Bundle::BioPerl) makes installation
    of these external modules easy. Simply install the bundle
    using your CPAN shell and all necessary modules will be installed.
    See THE BIOPERL BUNDLE, below.

  * Note that most modules will work with earlier versions of Perl.
    The only ones that will not are Bio::SimpleAlign.pm and
    the Bio::Index::* modules. If you don't need these modules
    and you want to install bioperl using an earlier version of Perl,
    edit the "require 5.005;" line in Makefile.PL as necessary.


	James

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