>>>>> "GSM" == G S Marzot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
GSM> thoughts? Have you read our previous discussions on the subject? The current versioning was actually proposed by me a while back. It is actually similar to what you're proposing but a bit more extensive. In particular, we do match the more detailed version (5.3.1 becomes 5.0301) but also allows extra padding at the end for perl-only-revs. We do change the version number every time for one primary reason: as you probably remember, in past history when the library version didn't properly match the module version you ran into compatibility issues. So the current version number is also used as a check against the library. Though it's true that the perl modules don't always change as frequently as the libraries they're tied to, I think the binding between them is fairly important. Also, the new goal is actually to update CPAN more frequently so CPAN should match the latest net-snmp release. This has been met with some level of issue though, as for example one person and I had a long discussion on IRC (that was never resolved unfortunately) because they didn't want the CPAN auto-update mechanisms to prompt them for an update to a version they couldn't install (because the newer net-snmp version wasn't there). The desire on their end was actually to remove the SNMP modules entirely from CPAN because of this. I'm wasn't sure that was right either, and hence the issue. And a lack of resolution. BTW, CPAN forces a floating point version number. So though "encouraged" it is, CPAN enforces it. -- Wes Hardaker Sparta, Inc. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Net-snmp-coders mailing list Net-snmp-coders@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/net-snmp-coders
