On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 09:38:09AM +0100, Aristotle Pagaltzis wrote: > * David Cantrell <da...@cantrell.org.uk> [2008-01-14 16:45]: > > On Sun, Jan 13, 2008 at 06:39:17PM +0100, Aristotle Pagaltzis wrote: > > > * Michael G Schwern <schw...@pobox.com> [2008-01-13 17:50]: > > > > What does 1.5.4 vs 1.5.2 really tell you? > > > Everything, if *I* am the one who *minted* those version > > > numbers, > > It doesn't tell me much for my software. > > Off the top of my head all I can tell you is that version 1.03 > > of (eg) Tie::STDOUT has had some stuff fixed since 1.02. I'd > > have to look at the change log to see what I fixed, just like > > I would if they were versions 20070828 and 20060705. > Do you mint version numbers based on gut feel? If not, then 1.02 > vs 1.03 almost certainly tells you something more about those > releases of Tie::STDOUT than 20060705 vs 20070828 would have
It tells me that it had some stuff fixed. I recommend reading before replying. What bug was fixed I have no idea. I have only a hazy recollection of what features it has, and certainly couldn't have told you off the top of my head that 1.03 was the most recent release. So it doesn't tell me anything useful at all. -- David Cantrell | Official London Perl Mongers Bad Influence EIN KIRCHE! EIN KREDO! EIN PAPST!
