On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 08:49:59AM +0000, Andy Wardley wrote: > I think it's a good idea for every module to have a version number, even > if they are very rarely used. If possible, don't change version numbers > of sub-modules between distributions unless they have changed. > > That way it is easy to tell at a glance that versions 2.10 and 2.11 of > the Foo::Bar distribution, both use the same version 3.14 of the > Foo::Bar::Magic::Helper module, for example, without having to mess > around with diff.
I think it's a good idea too, because it makes life easier trying to keep track of files in dual-life modules. The other important bit is to actually change the version number if anything in the file changes. But I'm biased. :-) Nicholas Clark
