Jason, et al -- ...and then drieux said... % % On Monday, June 3, 2002, at 07:53 , Jason Frisvold wrote: % % > Am I in the dark here? I thought the latest stable was 5.6.1? % >What's with 5.7.x?? I know 5.8.x is brandy new... And 6.x is % >apparently going to be the "new" god to follow...
The short answer to your question is that the perl folks have adopted the linux kernel method of version numbering, where you have major.minor.patch to describe a particular "snapshot". The major version is pretty obvious, and the patch bit is pretty obvious, too. The trick is the middle bit: when minor is even, it's a stable release for the world; when minor is odd, it's a development release that isn't necessarily unstable but is definitely where the playing is going on. If you want to stay "up to speed", all you have to have are N.<even>.highest and you're there, and you don't have to worry about an interface changing or something breaking from one day to the next as you would with good old (well, new :-) N.<odd>.whatever. HTH & HAND :-D -- David T-G * It's easier to fight for one's principles (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * than to live up to them. -- fortune cookie (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.justpickone.org/davidtg/ Shpx gur Pbzzhavpngvbaf Qrprapl Npg!
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