Re: alpha dists without the underscores

On Sep 6, 2009, at 7:03 AM, David Golden wrote:

> I think the CPAN Meta Spec
> should be explicit on how how release status is determined (e.g.
> whether "_" in the version number string or parsed off a comment on
> the "$VERSION =" line) and how it is communicated (e.g. tarball name
> or field in the Meta file).

Yes. I'd like to see a META line for the release status, and the _  
killed off in version numbers (it's one reason why I have *never*  
released a dev release of a module on CPAN, I hate the _).

Best,

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