Bug 314470: Require Perl 5.8

checksetup.pl

@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ BEGIN {
     if ($^O =~ /MSWin32/i) {
         require 5.008001; # for CGI 2.93 or higher
     }
-    require 5.006_001;
+    require 5.008;
     use File::Basename;
     chdir dirname($0);
 }

docs/xml/Bugzilla-Guide.xml

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 <!-- For minimum versions -->
 <!ENTITY min-mysql-ver "4.0.14">
 <!ENTITY min-pg-ver "7.3.x">
-<!ENTITY min-perl-ver "5.6.1">
+<!ENTITY min-perl-ver "5.8.0">
 <!ENTITY min-perl-ver-win "5.8.1">
 <!ENTITY min-template-ver "2.08">
 <!ENTITY min-file-temp-ver "any">

t/001compile.t

@@ -36,11 +36,11 @@ use Test::More tests => scalar(@Support::Files::testitems);
 use DBI;
 my @DBI_drivers = DBI->available_drivers;
 
-# Bugzilla requires Perl 5.6.1 now.  Checksetup will tell you this if you run it, but
+# Bugzilla requires Perl 5.8.0 now.  Checksetup will tell you this if you run it, but
 # it tests it in a polite/passive way that won't make it fail at compile time.  We'll
-# slip in a compile-time failure if it's missing here so a tinderbox on 5.00503 won't
-# pass and mistakenly let people think Bugzilla works on 5.00503
-require 5.006_001;
+# slip in a compile-time failure if it's missing here so a tinderbox on < 5.8 won't
+# pass and mistakenly let people think Bugzilla works on any perl below 5.8.
+require 5.008;
 
 # Capture the TESTOUT from Test::More or Test::Builder for printing errors.
 # This will handle verbosity for us automatically.