Other than stuff that predates our ability to force the toolchain modules to be updated, obviously...
Adam K On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 11:50 PM, Michael G Schwern <schw...@pobox.com> wrote: > David Golden wrote: >> >> On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 8:45 AM, Michael G Schwern <schw...@pobox.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> Steffen Mueller wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Why have a limit on a simple integer, and such a low one? I did this >>>>> in >>>>> the distant past with MakeMaker and was roundly, and justly, >>>>> admonished. >>>> >>>> IIRC it's because the magic XXXXXXXX.YYY.ZZZ <-> XXXXXXXX.YYYZZZ >>>> association is assumed all over the place. >>> >>> I was worried that was it. That conversion should be considered, but not >>> enshrined in the spec as a limit. >> >> Please see my response on the module-authors list. The issue isn't >> decimal to dotted decimal, it's the reverse mapping which is done >> inconsistently. > > Do we need every dotted version to have a decimal representation? Or is it > simply enough that they compare fine? > > You mention "not all parts of the toolchain support prerequisites specified > in dotted decimal form." That would be the rationale, but what's left that > doesn't? > > > -- > Don't try the paranormal until you know what's normal. > -- "Lords and Ladies" by Terry Prachett >
