On Sat, 22 Mar 2003, John Peacock wrote:
> I've currently got this into the core of 5.9.0 (and unless it is removed it will
> be in 5.10). This module can be used as far back as 5.005_03 (though it does
> require XS).
>
> I believe there was some interest in using my version model in CPANPLUS, so this
> prohibition may be waning. And of course, there are ways around it, too:
>
> $VERSION = sprintf("%d.%02d",split(/\./,(qw$Revision: 1.9 $)[1]));
>
> (it's not pretty, but it will work as long as you don't branch). My module
> supports the much more readable:
That only works for the first 99 revisions. Several of the modules in the
Mason repository are at over 200 revisions!.
-dave
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