On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 12:42:48PM -0400, Ricardo SIGNES wrote: > * Hans Dieter Pearcey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-03-26T12:01:55] > > This module makes none, since it makes no version comparisons. I'd expect > > that most applications would interpret the version-less forms of package and > > dist as 'latest available', but that's up to those applications. > > Is that true? If I ask for cpan://dist/Module-Faker, does it not canonicalize > to the latest dist version? While "latest package version" can be gotten from > 02packages, "latest dist version" cannot.
Yes, it is true. No conversion is done. cpan://dist/Module-Faker refers to a specific resource, albeit an abstract one. cpan://dist/Module-Faker/0.005 refers to a slightly less abstract one. I don't see a reason to automatically convert the former to the latter; it's a trade of information, not an upgrade. hdp.
