On Mon, Jul 04, 2005 at 02:19:16PM +0100, Paul Marquess wrote: > Whilst I'm here, when I do get around to posting a beta on CPAN, I'd prefer > it doesn't get used in anger until it has bedded-in. If I give the module a > version number like 2.000_00, will the CPAN shell ignore it?
This is often done incorrectly. See L<perlmodstyle/Version numbering> for the correct WTDI: $VERSION = "2.000_00"; # let EU::MM and co. see the _ $XS_VERSION = $VERSION; # XS_VERSION has to be an actual string $VERSION = eval $VERSION; # but VERSION has to be a number Just doing $VERSION = 2.000_00 doesn't get the _ into the actual distribution version, and just doing $VERSION = "2.000_00" makes use Compress::Zlib 1.0; give a warning (because it does: 1.0 >= "2.000_00" internally, and _ doesn't "work" in numified strings). But if you are doing a beta leading up to a 2.000 release, it should be numbered < 2.000, e.g. 1.990_01. Nothing wrong with a 2.000_01 beta in preparation for a release 2.010 or whatever, though.
