Hi David, >>>>> On Mon, 14 Jan 2002 12:20:41 -0800 (PST), David Dyck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> Is it up to the module authors to re-start their version numbers > at version 2.10 when this inconsistency is detected? Yes. More precisely, they could start over around 1.90 or 1.900, etc. > Are the sources for mldistwatch and other CPAN tools available? No, some are probably too sensitive. > Where would the best place to add an exception list file to > educate CPAN that the version numbers of some modules > are 'RCS/CVS' based so they don't append a trailing zero? There are more version numbering schemes in use than one could reasonably support, somewhere you need to draw the line. For many years now $VERSION has been treated as floating point number. > All thoughs and discussions appreciated perlmodlib.pod has been around for long, bleadperl also has perlmodstyle.pod. John Peacock is working very hard on getting v-string support for $VERSION in shape, *maybe* we can support these beasts fully some day. -- andreas
