Drop support for Perl earlier than 5.26.0 (#1801)

.github/workflows/make-check.yml

@@ -27,11 +27,6 @@ jobs:
           - '5.30'
           #- '5.28'
           - '5.26'
-          - '5.24'
-          #- '5.22'
-          - '5.20'
-          #- '5.18'
-          - '5.16'
     name: Perl ${{ matrix.perl }} on ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4

.gitlab-ci.yml

@@ -16,21 +16,21 @@
     - coverage-report
     - make clean
 
-"5.16":
+"5.26":
   <<: *job
   variables:
     COVERAGE: 1
-"5.18":
+"5.28":
   <<: *job
-"5.20":
+"5.30":
   <<: *job
-"5.22":
+"5.32":
   <<: *job
-"5.24":
+"5.34":
   <<: *job
-"5.26":
+"5.36":
   <<: *job
-"5.28":
+"5.38":
   <<: *job
-"5.30":
+"5.40":
   <<: *job

.travis.yml

@@ -3,18 +3,18 @@ sudo: false
 language: perl
 
 perl:
+  - "5.40"
+  - "5.38"
+  - "5.36"
+  - "5.34"
+  - "5.32"
   - "5.30"
   - "5.28"
   - "5.26"
-  - "5.24"
-  - "5.22"
-  - "5.20"
-  - "5.18"
-  - "5.16"
 
 matrix:
   include:
-    - perl: "5.16"
+    - perl: "5.26"
       env: COVERAGE=1
 
 before_install:

cpanfile

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 # Minimum version of Perl required.
 # Notation suggested on https://metacpan.org/pod/Carton#PERL-VERSIONS
-requires 'perl', '5.16.0';
+requires 'perl', '5.26.0';
 
 # Used to zip/unzip for archive and shared document download/upload.
 # Note: Some environments not providing 'Archive::Zip::Simple*' modules may