Bug #32469 for Carp-Clan: Decreasing version number?

Mon Jan 21 02:34:06 2008 ANDK [...] cpan.org - Ticket created

Subject:

Decreasing version number?

Currently Clan-Carp is not indexed on the CPAN. The only reason I can imagine, offhand, is that 5.10 denotes a decreasing version number against 5.9 because version numbers with only one dot in it have always been interpreted like floating point numbers. If this is the reason, then I can only suggest to please upload a 5.91 or 5.900.1 or 6 or whatever is larger than 5.9. Let me know if I can help in resolving the issue. Thanks,

Tue Jan 22 23:52:31 2008 ANDK [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

I did an emergency restore from backpan for Carp-Clan 5.9 last night. I hope this doesn't make you angry with me, I just didn't see a better solution and the emergency case was clearly given. Thanks,

Tue Jan 22 23:52:32 2008 ANDK [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'

Mon Feb 04 22:18:55 2008 peter.mains [...] gmail.com - Correspondence added

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peter.mains [...] gmail.com

So, are there any plans to simply renumber the versions? If the floating point number theory is right, then the versions should have been numbered 5.01-5.10, or even 5.001-5.010. If you can't retroactively renumber releases, you could always number forth-coming releases as 5.901, 5.902, etc. Or, go crazy and call it version 6. That may violate the normal numbering conventions, but que sera sera. Worse things have happened. Either way, seeing this bug languish on CPAN when Carp::Clan is a dependency for other important modules is frustrating and probably unnecessary.

Sun Feb 17 20:40:09 2008 twists [...] gmail.com - Correspondence added

Subject:	Re: [rt.cpan.org #32469] Decreasing version number?
Date:	Sun, 17 Feb 2008 17:39:58 -0800
To:	bug-Carp-Clan [...] rt.cpan.org
From:	"Joshua ben Jore" <twists [...] gmail.com>

On Feb 4, 2008 7:18 PM, Peter J. Mains via RT <bug-Carp-Clan@rt.cpan.org> wrote: Show quoted text

> > Queue: Carp-Clan > Ticket <URL: http://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=32469 > > > So, are there any plans to simply renumber the versions? If the floating > point number theory is right, then the versions should have been > numbered 5.01-5.10, or even 5.001-5.010.

I just updated the version to 6.0. I asked around #perl or somewhere else if 5.10 was going to be a problem for CPAN and was told it would be fine. Oops. Anyone else wishing to handle maintenance for this module is free to take it. Josh

Mon Feb 23 16:09:33 2009 CHORNY [...] cpan.org - Fixed in 6.00 added

Thu Oct 08 07:54:25 2009 STBEY [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'open' to 'resolved'

Thu Oct 08 07:55:33 2009 STBEY [...] cpan.org - Given to JJORE