On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 11:22 AM, Andy Lester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mar 3, 2008, at 1:20 PM, Eric Wilhelm wrote: > >> Are there any compelling reasons to keep allowing any type of version > >> numbers? > > I suspect that the amount of time saved by any benefits from > standardized version numbers will be dwarfed by the amount of time > spent arguing over what the standard should be.
Then don't try to have just one standard. Perl is smart enough to understand multiple standards. Just document what those are and provide some means of describing how they map to one another, and list the alternatives clearly on the documentation for CPAN.
