A Guide to Versions in Perl

Posted on April 14, 2018. Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , , |

A Guide to Versions in Perl Version numbers in Perl are very important; they allow orderly updating and maintenance of modules and distributions across the CPAN, and allow CPAN modules and consumers to require the versions of modules with the bugfixes or features they need. However, in this context, they are also a very unique […]

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Version numbers should be boring

Posted on April 12, 2017. Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , , |

Version numbers should be boring Unfortunately, version numbers in Perl aren’t boring and easy. Instead, they are complicated and confusing. Every Perl programmer needs to understand at least some of this complexity. Otherwise, you can make life difficult for yourself or others without realizing it.

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The meaning of version 0.x versus 1.x

Posted on April 12, 2017. Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , , |

The meaning of version 0.x versus 1.x If the first release of your CPAN module has version 0.01, then when should you release version 1.00, and what does that signify? For a good while now I’ve kinda of read 0.x as “I’m still kicking things around”, and you go to 1.x when things have settled […]

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