perl: server support for 2023 distros

diff --git a/perl.inc.pl b/perl.inc.pl
index caaf912d6f51ea34dc6b682934943521b575f1b8..543813f3b4241dcac5076b4d5e56d8cacc014db7 100644 (file)
--- a/perl.inc.pl
+++ b/perl.inc.pl
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ use utf8;
                        rhel => '2', # v5.6.0; also in red hat 7.0
                        solaris => '9', # v5.6.1; 2002-05 eol 2014-10
                        aix => '5.1', # 2001-05 eol 2006-04
-                       opensuse => '7.1',
+                       opensuse => '7.1', # 2001-01
                },
                unicode => '3.0.1',
        },
@@ -63,12 +63,13 @@ use utf8;
                        rhel => '3', # v5.8.0; v5.8.8 in RHEL6 (2007-2014)
                        solaris => '10', # v5.8.4; 2005-01 eol 2021-01
                        centos => '3-5', # v5.8.0 in v3 (2004-03); v5.8.8 in v5 (eol 2017-03)
-                       ubuntu => '4.10',
+                       ubuntu => '4.10', # v5.8.4 (2004-10); v5.8.7 in 6.06 LTS (2006-06); v5.8.8 in 8.04 LTS (2008-04)
                        aix => '5.2', # v5.8.0; v5.8.2 in 5.3 and 6.1 (eol 2017-04-30)
                        freebsd => '4-6',
-                       opensuse => '8.1',
+                       opensuse => '8.1', # 2002-09 eol (SLES8 2002-10 eol 2007-12 ltss 2009-12)
                },
                distrosum => "dinosaur platforms such as Solaris 10, AIX 5.2, RHEL 3, SLES 8",
+               support => '2021-01', # solaris
                unicode => '3.2.0',
        },
 
@@ -90,13 +91,15 @@ use utf8;
                ],
                release => '2007-12-18',
                distro => {
-                       debian => 'lenny',
-                       rhel => '6', # v5.10.1
-                       centos => '6', # v5.10.1 (2011-07 eol 2020-11)
-                       ubuntu => '8.10', # v5.10.1 in 10.04 LTS
-                       aix => '7.1', # v5.10.1 (2010-09 eol 2020?)
-                       opensuse => '11.0',
+                       debian => '5.0', # lenny 2009-02 eol 2012-02
+                       rhel => '6', # v5.10.1 (-6.9 2017-03 eol 2020-11 TuxCare els 2024-12)
+                       centos => '6', # v5.10.1 (2011-07 eol 2020-11 TuxCare els 2024-11)
+                       ubuntu => '8.10', # v5.10.1 in 10.04 LTS 2010-04 eol 2013-05
+                       aix => '7.1', # v5.10.1 (2010-09 eol 2023-04)
+                       opensuse => '11.0', # 2008-06 (SLES11 2009-03 eol 2019-03 ltss 2022-03)
                },
+               distrosum => "dinosaur platforms such as AIX 7.1, SLES 11, RHEL 6, Solaris 11",
+               support => '2024-11', # aix
                unicode => '5.0.0',
        },
 
@@ -112,11 +115,12 @@ use utf8;
                release => '2010-04-12',
                unicode => '5.2',
                distro => {
-                       solaris => '11', # also v5.8.4; 2010-11 eol 2024-11
+                       solaris => '11', # also v5.8.4; 2010-11; v11.3 eol 2024-01
                        ubuntu => '11.10',
                        freebsd => '7',
-                       opensuse => '11.3',
+                       opensuse => '11.3', # 2010-07
                },
+               support => '2024-01', # solaris
        },
 
        v5.14 => {
@@ -132,11 +136,12 @@ use utf8;
                ],
                release => '2011-05-14',
                distro => {
-                       debian => '7', # wheezy 2013-05 eol 2018-05
+                       debian => '7', # wheezy 2013-05 eol 2018-05 elts 2020-06
                        ubuntu => '12.04',
-                       opensuse => '12.1',
+                       opensuse => '12.1', # 2011-11 (SLES12 2014-10 eol 2024-10 ltss 2027-10)
                },
                distrosum => "stable servers such as Debian 7, Ubuntu 12.04, CentOS 7",
+               support => '2027-10', # suse
                unicode => '6.0+#8',
        },
 
@@ -148,10 +153,10 @@ use utf8;
                ],
                release => '2012-05-20',
                distro => {
-                       rhel => '7', # v5.16.3
-                       centos => '7', # v5.16.3 (2014-07 eol 2024-06)
+                       rhel => '7', # v5.16.3 (-7.9 2020-09 eol 2024-06)
+                       centos => '7', # v5.16.3 (2014-07 eol 2024-06 TuxCare els 2028-06)
                        freebsd => '9',
-                       opensuse => '12.2',
+                       opensuse => '12.2', # 2012-09
                },
                unicode => '6.1',
        },
@@ -167,7 +172,7 @@ use utf8;
                release => '2013-05-18',
                distro => {
                        ubuntu => '14.04 LTS', # trusty
-                       opensuse => '13.1',
+                       opensuse => '13.1', # 2013-11 eol 2016-01
                },
                unicode => '6.2',
        },
@@ -182,12 +187,12 @@ use utf8;
                unicode => '6.3',
                release => '2014-05-27',
                distro => {
-                       debian => '8', # jessie 2015-04 eol 2020-05
+                       debian => '8', # jessie 2015-04 eol 2018-06 lts 2020-06 elts 2025-06
                        ubuntu => '14.10', # utopic
-                       aix => '7.2',
+                       aix => '7.2', # 2015-12 eol 2028?
                        opensuse => '13.2', # 2014-11 eol 2017-01
                },
-               distrosum => "stable servers such as Debian 8 (oldstable), Ubuntu 14.10, FreeBSD 10, openSUSE 13.2",
+               distrosum => "legacy servers such as Debian 8, Ubuntu 14.10, FreeBSD 10, openSUSE 13.2, AIX 7.2",
        },
 
        v5.22 => {
@@ -204,7 +209,7 @@ use utf8;
                unicode => '7.0',
                release => '2015-06-01',
                distro => {
-                       ubuntu => '16.04 LTS', # xenial
+                       ubuntu => '16.04 LTS', # xenial 2016-04 eol 2021-04 TuxCare els 2025-04
                },
        },
 
@@ -217,10 +222,11 @@ use utf8;
                unicode => '8.0',
                release => '2016-05-09',
                distro => {
-                       debian => '9', # stretch 2017-06
-                       ubuntu => '17.04', # zesty
+                       debian => '9', # stretch 2017-06 eol 2020-07 lts 2022-06 elts 2027-06
+                       ubuntu => '17.04', # zesty 2017-04 eol 2018-01
                        freebsd => '10',
                },
+               support => '2027-06',
        },
 
        v5.26 => {
@@ -232,8 +238,12 @@ use utf8;
                unicode => '9.0', # also Script_Extensions/scx in "\p{script}"
                release => '2017-05-30',
                distro => {
-                       ubuntu => '17.10', # artful
+                       ubuntu => '17.10', # artful 2017-10; 18.04 LTS 2018-04 eol 2023-04
+                       opensuse => '15.0', # 2018-05 eol 2019-11; same in 15.4 2022-06
+                       centos => '8', # 2019-09 eol 2021-12 TuxCare els 2026-01
                },
+               distrosum => "stable servers such as Ubuntu 17.10+ (Debian >9), CentOS 8, openSUSE 15.0",
+               support => '2023-04',
        },
 
        v5.28 => {
@@ -248,7 +258,11 @@ use utf8;
                unicode => '10.0',
                release => '2018-06-22',
                distro => {
+                       debian => '10', # buster 2019-07
+                       ubuntu => '19.04', # disco 2019-04 eol 2020-01
+                       freebsd => '11', # eol 2021-09
                },
+               distrosum => "stable systems such as Debian 10, Ubuntu 19.04, FreeBSD 11",
        },
 
        v5.30 => {
@@ -260,6 +274,9 @@ use utf8;
                ],
                unicode => '12.1',
                release => '2019-05-22',
+               distro => {
+                       ubuntu => '20.04', # focal LTS 2020-04 eol 2025-04
+               },
        },
 
        v5.32 => {
@@ -274,6 +291,14 @@ use utf8;
                unicode => '13.0',
                release => '2020-06-20',
                details => 'https://www.effectiveperlprogramming.com/2020/01/perl-v5-32-new-features/',
+               distro => {
+                       debian => '11', # bullseye 2021-08
+                       ubuntu => '21.04', # hirsute 2021-04 eol 2022-01
+                       rhel => '8', # -8.7 and -9.1 2022-11
+                       solaris => '11.4', # 2018-08 eol 2034-11 (SRU 38 removes 5.22, 5.26)
+               },
+               distrosum => "stable systems such as Debian 11, Ubuntu 21.04, RHEL 8, Solaris 11.4, AIX 7.3",
+               support => '2034-11', # solaris
        },
 
        v5.34 => {
@@ -286,7 +311,12 @@ use utf8;
                        ['<code>no feature …</code>', 'disable discouraged practices of <code>bareword_filehandles</code> and <code>multidimensional</code> array emulation'],
                ],
                release => '2021-05-20',
+               distro => {
+                       ubuntu => '22.04', # jammy LTS 2022-04 eol 2027-04
+                       aix => '7.3', # 2021-12 eol 2035?
+               },
        },
+
        v5.36 => {
                new => [
                        ['<code>use v5.36</code>', "use <code>warnings</code>; use feature qw'<code>signatures isa</code>'; no feature qw'<code>indirect multidimensional switch</code>'"],
@@ -302,5 +332,9 @@ use utf8;
                ],
                unicode => '14.0',
                release => '2022-05-28',
+               distro => {
+                       debian => '12', # bookworm 2023 upcoming
+                       ubuntu => '23.04', # lunar upcoming
+               },
        },
 }

diff --git a/perl.plp b/perl.plp
index 6f2dd93b7344b3a281684bd0a849873576e263a3..9a8baf121ef2f5fa4912708e89460e770faeef03 100644 (file)
--- a/perl.plp
+++ b/perl.plp
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ 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}, $_
-} v5.8, v5.20), '.';
+} v5.10, v5.20, v5.28), '.';
 say '</p>';
 
 for my $vernum (reverse sort keys %{$info}) {