On Nov 23, 2011, at 11:08 PM, Greg Sabino Mullane wrote:
> Yes, but it would make the tests much longer, as the builtin sleep
> is a lot less reliable so we can't do a sleep(1). Normally, I would
> not think of making something this trivial in functionality a prerequisite,
> but Time::HiRes is a very, very standard module at this point, so
> I thought it worth the effort.
Well, maybe skip the tests if Time::HiRes isn’t installed?
>> Which reminds me: we have a dependency on version.pm? Whatever for?
>
> So we can use versions such as '2.18.1'. You know, like other projects
> do, such as Postgres, git, and Perl. Yeah, yeah, I know all about
> the workarounds, shortcomings, and debates regarding versioning in
> Perl. Discussion could make our Unicode thread look tame in
> comparison. :) Using version.pm is an easy way out of the mess. I'm
> open to arguments for not using it, but you better bring
> strong ones.
I don’t understand. You do not need version.pm to use 2.18.1 as a version
number. All you need is
our $VERSION = '2.18.1';
Or:
our $VERSION = v2.18.1;
Best,
David
