On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 11:22:27AM +0100, Gavin Smith wrote: > On 18 August 2015 at 10:52, Patrice Dumas <[email protected]> wrote: > > The "6.0dev" has come back for me a few times as well. I don't see why > any versioning at all is needed. The modules are installed along with > texi2any so out-of-date modules shouldn't get used. xsubpp
It was only used for standalone modules, and I think that we should try to keep it that way. > -noversioncheck seems like a good idea. Another idea is to use a > different variable from $VERSION when calling the XSUB bootstrap > function, so it doesn't get updated: this would keep version checking > as a safety check, which could be useful occasionally. Then again, > someone might want to use an out-of-date module deliberately, so why > stop them. If the interface has changed, it would be a very strange idea to use an older module. So a number tracking the interface seems the best to me. I'll prepare a patch. -- Pat
