Hi- One option that could be used for immature module distributions is to release them as CPAN developers releases, e.g. with a '_01' in the distribution name. That will allow users to install from CPAN via an explicit distribution request but it will not be official until the first non-developers release is made. A nice benefit is that CPAN testers still test giving the author and new users valuable feedback.
--Chris On Mon, Dec 23, 2013 at 6:48 AM, Shmuel Fomberg <shmuelfomb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Stephen. > > On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 2:32 AM, Stephen Patterson wrote: >> >> >> I'm the maintainer of Finance::Bank::CooperativeUKPersonal, a module for >> downloading UK bank statements. Part of the output from this module is a >> statement date in dd/mm/yyyy (UK) format. As I've started using the module, >> I'm considering changing this to ISO-SQL standard - yyyy-mm-dd. What's the >> best way of communicating this change & managing things during changeover? > > > Is changing the interface really worth it? > If you already have users, they won't appreciate the cleanness of the new > interface. they just want their code to work. > So while I understand that you want to fix past mistakes, unless they are > major and doing real harm, just leave them be. > > don't worry, next module you will be wiser and make other mistakes. :-) > > Shmuel. >
