On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 9:50 AM, Michael G Schwern <schw...@pobox.com> wrote: > 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?
Perl itself, for one. I refer you to http://www.dagolden.com/index.php/204/perl-version-number-puzzles/ for your horror and amusement. The Perl community has so horribly screwed up module version numbering that the spec just attempts to encourage a minimum level of consistency. It can't solve all the problems. -- David
