On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 04:35:07PM -0700, Rajeev Prasad wrote: > Hi > > i am planning to use this module, but its version is 0.11 ! and author says > it is beta quality. i am using Net::OpenSSH which is also below ver 1.0 but > i have had no issues with it so far. > > does anyone have any good/bad experience with this module?
I don't, but I think you are probbaly reading far too much into both the version number and its described status. 0.11 may well mean that the module has had 11 releases. Would you consider that good or bad? It depends, I suppose. And beta quality? That *should* mean that the author believes the module is complete, functional and working apart from any already noted bugs, and it is now ready for further testing in real world situations by real users. That seems to be pretty good quality to me. The trouble is that too many companies have sold software, often for large sums of money, and that software is full of bugs or lacking in functionality. Is it any wonder that people then worry about the quality of beta or alpha software? See http://pjcj.sytes.net/notes/2007/03/14#alpha for more of my thoughts on this subject with specific reference to one of my modules, which has now had 79 releases over 10 years and is thus up to version 0.79. It's possible that the module is complete rubbish. Or it may be practically perfect in every way. But you're not going to find out from the version number or described status. Asking for opinions is a much better strategy, but ultimately you'll need to try it for yourself and see if it does what you want. -- Paul Johnson - p...@pjcj.net http://www.pjcj.net -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
