Re: Proposal: switch perlfaq $VERSION to be date-based

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Sure - go for it :)

On 28 December 2017 at 21:35, Karen Etheridge <[email protected]> wrote:

> Presently, the perlfaq distribution's version looks like a perl-core
> version - e.g. the latest release was perlfaq-5.021011, even though it was
> done just before perl 5.24 went stable.  I think it would be less confusing
> if we switched the version to be based on the release date, much as
> Module::CoreList has done.  (perlfaq is also dual-lifed, just like MCL.)
>
> Thoughts?  We may be doing a perlfaq release soon (e.g. to amend the
> perlfaq7 entry on smartmatch).
>
> Karen Etheridge
> [email protected]
>

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<div dir=3D"ltr">Sure - go for it :)</div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><d=
iv class=3D"gmail_quote">On 28 December 2017 at 21:35, Karen Etheridge <spa=
n dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">perl=
@froods.org</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" styl=
e=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div di=
r=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:small">Presently,=
 the perlfaq distribution&#39;s version looks like a perl-core version - e.=
g. the latest release was perlfaq-5.021011, even though it was done just be=
fore perl 5.24 went stable.=C2=A0 I think it would be less confusing if we =
switched the version to be based on the release date, much as Module::CoreL=
ist has done.=C2=A0 (perlfaq is also dual-lifed, just like MCL.)</div><div =
class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:small"><br></div><div class=3D"g=
mail_default" style=3D"font-size:small">Thoughts?=C2=A0 We may be doing a p=
erlfaq release soon (e.g. to amend the perlfaq7 entry on smartmatch).</div>=
<span class=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888"><div class=3D"gmail_default"=
 style=3D"font-size:small"><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"=
font-size:small">Karen Etheridge</div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D=
"font-size:small"><a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">ether=
@cpan.org</a><br></div></font></span></div>
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