perl: find vendor versions by support times

diff --git a/perl.plp b/perl.plp
index 9a8baf121ef2f5fa4912708e89460e770faeef03..b5e5d57f48d3eef79adf3d199366742cefa6a587 100644 (file)
--- a/perl.plp
+++ b/perl.plp
@@ -19,10 +19,35 @@ scripting language.
 <:
 my $info = Data('perl');
 
-say "Depending on desired compatibility you'll want to support a minimum of";
-say join(' or ', map {
-       sprintf '<span title="on %s">v%vd</span>', $info->{$_}->{distrosum}, $_
-} v5.10, v5.20, v5.28), '.';
+eval {
+       use List::Util 'first';
+       use Time::Piece;
+       use Time::Seconds;
+       use feature 'signatures';
+       sub linkversion ($v) {
+               return sprintf('%vd', $v);
+       }
+
+       my $now = Time::Piece->new;
+       my $coreeol = ($now - ONE_YEAR * 3)->strftime('%F');
+       my $vcore = first { $info->{$_}{release} ge $coreeol } sort keys %{$info};
+       say "<p>Core security support is provided for 3 years",
+               ", so typical users should run at least $_."
+               for linkversion($vcore);
+
+       my $vendoreol = ($now - ONE_YEAR * 5)->strftime('%F');
+       my $vdebian = first {
+               $info->{$_}{release} ge $vendoreol && $info->{$_}{distro}{debian}
+       } sort keys %{$info};
+       say sprintf "Stable distributions such as Debian %s maintain %s+.",
+               $info->{$_}{distro}{debian}, linkversion($_) for $vdebian;
+
+       my $nowcmp = $now->strftime('%F');
+       my $vdino = first { $info->{$_}{support} ge $nowcmp } sort keys %{$info};
+       say "Enterprise platforms retain versions up to $_."
+               for linkversion($vdino);
+       return 1;
+} or Alert('Missing version recommendations', $@);
 say '</p>';
 
 for my $vernum (reverse sort keys %{$info}) {