bump required perl version to 5.8.3

diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index b3f0f70..86403b6 100644 (file)
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ for, noteworthy changes.
   * Use Perl 5.10's new recursive regex features, if possible, for the type
     constraint parser (doy, nothingmuch).
 
+  [OTHER]
+
+  * Bump our required perl version to 5.8.3, since earlier versions fail tests
+    and aren't easily installable/testable.
+
 1.08 Tue, Jun 15, 2010
 
   [ENHANCEMENTS]

diff --git a/Makefile.PL b/Makefile.PL
index 4777e74..54f4ca6 100644 (file)
--- a/Makefile.PL
+++ b/Makefile.PL
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@ use strict;
 use warnings;
 use inc::Module::Install 0.98;
 use Module::Install::AuthorRequires;
-use 5.008001;
+use 5.008003;
 
 check_broken_extratests();
 check_conflicts();
 
 name 'Moose';
-perl_version '5.008001';
+perl_version '5.008003';
 all_from 'lib/Moose.pm';
 license 'perl';