Anyone knows why Net::NTP requires 5.8.x ?

I think there is no reason why Net::NTP currently requires
(in its Makefile and NTP.pm) 5.008. I tried contacting
its author, but it seems unreachable.

Tried with 5.006, works ok.
The only problem is that I have an automated CPAN upgrade
procedure that does not install Net::NTP on 5.006 because
of its requirements.

So, can we remove this dependency? (Patch already available).

(Ok, I will open also a CPAN RT ticket).

--
Cosimo

Re: Anyone knows why Net::NTP requires 5.8.x ?

Cosimo wrote:
> I think there is no reason why Net::NTP currently requires
> (in its Makefile and NTP.pm) 5.008. I tried contacting
> its author, but it seems unreachable.
>
> Tried with 5.006, works ok.

I eyeballed the code and agree with your analysis. The module *does*
need 5.6, because it uses 'our' rather than 'use vars'. But I didn't
see anything that was 5.8-specific.

Jim Keenan