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authorMax Maischein <corion@corion.net>2019-11-03 19:15:29 +0100
committerMax Maischein <corion@corion.net>2019-11-03 19:34:11 +0100
commitcf4ed238de1f463909da889917a8b1d17ae2f012 (patch)
tree8cd5691db8c6b5cf2b7b485f258c963bfb2dcbe8 /Porting
parent1f3be43f91addb65d47e3131fc4661576a84950f (diff)
downloadperl-cf4ed238de1f463909da889917a8b1d17ae2f012.tar.gz
Add explicit list of supported Perl versions and URL where to find it
This addresses the comments of @bulk88 made in #12898
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@@ -48,8 +48,16 @@ FIXME with a list of versions that are affected, and which were updated.
FIXME or use the following:
-If you are vulnerable, upgrade to the latest maintenance release for
-the version of perl you are using.
+If you are vulnerable, upgrade to the latest maintenance release for the
+version of perl you are using.
+
+If your release of perl is no longer supported by the perl 5 committers you
+may need to upgrade to a new major release of perl. The versions currently
+supported by the perl 5 committers are
+FIXME 5.28.2 (until 2020-05-31)
+and
+FIXME 5.30.1 (until 2021-05-31).
+The current version of perl is available from https://www.perl.org/get.html .
=head2 Who was given access to the information about the vulnerability?