Which versions of Perl does LedgerSMB support?

Submitted by ehu on

The table below lists the compatibility of LedgerSMB versions with Perl versions. Products for which support has ceased due to End-of-Life date being reached are not listed and should not be used.

Perl compatibility
Perl 1.9 1.10 1.11 1.12
5.22 no no no no
5.24 yes no no no
5.26 yes no no no
5.28 yes no no no
5.30 yes no no no
5.32 yes yes yes no
5.34 yes yes yes no
5.36 no* 1.10.22+ yes yes
5.38 no* 1.10.22+ yes yes
5.40 no* no** 1.11.19+ yes

Versions 1.8 and earlier are not in this table due to the fact that they're past End of Life.

* These Perl versions are distributed with a version of Math::BigFloat which is incompatible with LedgerSMB 1.9.
** There's a bug in 1.10 which prevents its modules to be loaded with Perl 5.40

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