On Mon, Jan 28, 2002 at 09:48:25AM -0000, Matt Sergeant wrote:
| 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.
If it does the equivalent of strcmp(), then CPAN itself is really
broken as it stands.
(Is '<' the string or numeric comparison and is the VERISON variable a
"scalar" or an object that redefines '<' to be meaningful?)
-D
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Rather be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
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