Hi,
I know Perl is all about diversity but I wonder if requiring a uniform
way of providing version numbers of modules on CPAN would be too much
of restriction on the freedom of module authors?
I think it would make life easier for tool authors (PAUSE/CPAN.pm/CPANPLUS etc)
and downstream distro
# from Gabor Szabo
# on Monday 03 March 2008 11:05:
As far as I can tell there is already an almost universally accepted
format of \d+\.\d\d for released versions and \d+\.\d\d_\d\d for
development versions.
Are there any compelling reasons to keep allowing any type of version
numbers?
Is
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
On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 2:22 PM, Andy Lester [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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.
We can kill two birds with one stone by arguing
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
On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 12:35 PM, Andy Lester [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Mar 3, 2008, at 2:34 PM, Bill Ward wrote:
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
