Re: Take care with version numbers (eg DBD::Pg)

"David E. Wheeler" <[email protected]> Fri, 9 Jul 2010 12:42:40 -0700

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.lang.perl.modules.dbi.sybase.devel
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On Jul 9, 2010, at 5:52 AM, Tim Bunce wrote:

>> In principle, and as an end-user I would wholeheartedly agree,  but the
>> way CPAN /and/ CPANTESTERS is currently set up, having _XX support is a
>> huge win.
> 
> Agreed. But there's no need to use them *in modules*.
> 
> The dev releases of DBI 1.612 have *distro* versions 1.611_9x
> (greater than 1.611 but less than 1.612) but $DBI::VERSION is 1.612.

Right. In fact, all you need is the _ in the tarball.

  http://rjbs.manxome.org/rubric/entry/1831

Best,

David