David Wheeler wrote:
> So, what do people like or prefer, and why? Is there a consensus on
> this? If so, what is it?
I manually give the main module in a distribution a "real" version number
such as 2.00, 2.01, and so on. Naturally this changes on every release.
All the other modules in a distribution have a version number built
automatically from the CVS revision. This changes only when the source
file changes.
$VERSION = sprintf("%d.%02d", q$Revision: 1.23$ =~ /(\d+)\.(\d+)/);
I think it's a good idea for every module to have a version number, even
if they are very rarely used. If possible, don't change version numbers
of sub-modules between distributions unless they have changed.
That way it is easy to tell at a glance that versions 2.10 and 2.11 of
the Foo::Bar distribution, both use the same version 3.14 of the
Foo::Bar::Magic::Helper module, for example, without having to mess
around with diff.
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