Re: ANNOUNCE: DBI 1.20_1 (TEST RELEASE)

On Thu, Jan 10, 2002 at 04:15:49PM +0000, Graham Barr wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 10, 2002 at 03:45:31PM +0000, Tim Bunce wrote:
> > After more than four months (in which I've moved home and family
> > to Ireland) I'm very pleased to be able to make a release at last.
> > It is test a beta/test release though, as there are quite a few
> > changes that need testing and some loose ends that need tying before
> > a full release. I hope to release 1.21 before the end of January.
> > That's more likely to happen if you help test this release for me.
> > (Then I can focus on the rather neglected DBD::Oracle and Oracle::OCI.)
> > 
> > 
> >   file: $CPAN/authors/id/T/TI/TIMB/DBI-1.201.tar.gz
> 
> Whoops, CPAN will not treat that as beta as the _ got lost. :(
> 
> This happens if you use VERSION_FROM and have
> 
> $VERSION = 1.20_1;

Sigh. And using "1.20_1", as I did originally, caused problems elsewhere.

> The work-ariound I normally use is to specify DISTVNAME=DBI-1.20_1
> on the make dist command line

"Ah well" as they say over here. 'Tis done now.

I'm officially on holiday now so I don't much care either way :-)
In practice I imagine it'll just get more testing that it otherwise
would :)

Tim.