Re: Yet another version.pm release and a patch for Module::Build

2006-07-22 Thread Ron Savage
On Sat, 22 Jul 2006 09:00:10 -0400, David Golden wrote: Hi David > All three are specific, well-understood (in hindsight) and have now > been addressed. We are probably all aware that many things, including hindsight, and clear in hindsight :-). -- Cheers Ron Savage, [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 23/07/

Re: Yet another version.pm release and a patch for Module::Build

2006-07-22 Thread Ron Savage
On Sat, 22 Jul 2006 08:59:13 -0400, John Peacock wrote: Hi John > The problem is one of communication and insufficient testing, not > architectural. I didn't think to test on a machine that didn't have > *either* M::B or version.pm installed (which is the only case where > there is any problem).

Re: [Fwd: CPAN Upload: J/JP/JPEACOCK/version-0.652.tar.gz]

2006-07-22 Thread Gerrit P. Haase
John, many thanks, I'll try as soon as possible if it works for me now ;) Gerrit John Peacock wrote: Yet another iteration, trying to get the compatibility Makefile.PL to run in more places (and correctly, too!). John Original Message Subject: CPAN Upload: J/JP/JPEACOCK/

M::B at OSCON?

2006-07-22 Thread Eric Wilhelm
Hi all, I'll be hanging around OSCamp and loitering in the hallway around OSCON at random intervals in this coming week. Any chance of getting an M::B BOF/hackfest going? --Eric -- Issues of control, repair, improvement, cost, or just plain understandability all come down strongly in favor of

Re: Yet another version.pm release and a patch for Module::Build

2006-07-22 Thread Eric Wilhelm
# from John Peacock # on Saturday 22 July 2006 05:59 am: >The problem is one of communication and insufficient testing Hmm. Is there some way that we could test new releases in several combinations of platform/perl-version/installed-modules environments? Seems like somebody should build one of

Re: Yet another version.pm release and a patch for Module::Build

2006-07-22 Thread David Golden
Johan Vromans wrote: > Dealing with version numbers is not quite trivial, but should be > fairly straightforward to deal with. I cannot (and for the time being > I refuse to) believe that it takes 651 releases (652 at the time I > write this) to get it right. Nit - CPAN history has 0.50, 0.63, 0.

Re: Yet another version.pm release and a patch for Module::Build

2006-07-22 Thread John Peacock
Ron Savage wrote: >> I don't know all the inner details, but this M::B and version >> dancing gives me the strong impression that something is terribly >> wrong here at a fundamental design level. > > Clearly something's wrong, but it may not be anything big, even though it's a > sort of show-sto

Re: Yet another version.pm release and a patch for Module::Build

2006-07-22 Thread Ron Savage
On Sat, 22 Jul 2006 11:26:29 +0200, Johan Vromans wrote: Hi Johan > I know I'm not entitled to say this, and it will make me even more > unpopular than I already am, but nevertheless I'm not going to > remain silent. I fully support your speaking up. > I don't know all the inner details, but th

Re: Yet another version.pm release and a patch for Module::Build

2006-07-22 Thread Johan Vromans
John Peacock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Eric Wilhelm pointed out [...], so I released version-0.651 to fix > that. Then he pointed out [...] I pointed out [...] Consequently, he > pointed out [...], so I propose the following patch: I know I'm not entitled to say this, and it will make me even