On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 11:46 AM, Lars Thegler <l...@thegler.dk> wrote:
> Yes, version.pm says "1.50" == "1.5". But both CPAN::Version and
> Sort::Versions disagree. Who is to say which is correct? We could
> easily find lots and lots of people on the Internet disagreeing
> heartily on this matter :)
The only thing that matters is what perl thinks:
use Sort::Versions 1.50;
use Sort::Versions 1.5;
As of Perl v5.10, it uses the same code internally as version.pm
(modulo version.pm bug fixes over time), so they should be considered
equivalent, even when $Sort::Versions::VERSION="1.5". (I.e. a
string.)
Unfortunately, we can't fix existing CPAN::Version on old Perls. We
could fix it and have CPAN::Reporter bump it's CPAN.pm prerequisite.
Or we could finally have CPAN::Reporter starting using version.pm.
Given that 5.8 is now well out of the support window, it's tempting to
finally use version.pm.
David
