From: "Bob Proulx" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

> > | > I'd suggest a two digit minor version number, for example 2.01.2023
> > | > rather than 2.1.2023, because then we don't have the stupidity of
> > | > version 2.2.2023 being older than 2.14.4096 (like Apache does it:).
> > |
> > | Um, 2.2.* is older than 2.14.*
> >
> > Good catch!  I think he meant it the other way :
> >     2.10 is older than 2.9
>
> Okay, let's try this the hard way.  Let's count them out.
>
>   2.2
>   2.3
>   2.4
>   2.5
>   2.6
>   2.7
>   2.8
>   2.9
>   2.10
>   2.11
>   2.12
>   2.13
>   2.14
>
> Gosh, 2.2 _is_ significantly older than 2.14.  Who would have guessed?

Fine, until you throw that at CPAN.pm, which checks $SomeModule::VERSION <
$RemoteCPANSomeModule::VERSION before trying to install something.

Think very carefully about breaking CPAN installation before going off on a
rant about this.

Matt.


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