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Id: 48002
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  Sat Jul 18 23:24:24 2009 DCOLLINS [...] cpan.org - Ticket created
Subject: Dependency Resolution: Allow optional 'earliest allowable' dependency policy
Primarily for smoke testing, but I suppose there are other applications. An option should be added which would cause, when a module is to be made by CPAN.pm, that any dependencies with a listed version should have that version (or the earliest version that doesn't cause any conflicts) installed, rather than the latest available. This would allow smoke testers to, in addition to testing a 'clean install' of a module, confirm that a module listing minimum versions actually works with those versions.
  Sun Jul 19 08:22:03 2009 ANDK [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'
  Sun Jul 19 08:25:24 2009 ANDK [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added
Maybe it is not documented as such but I believe the bahaviour of CPAN.pm is as you demand: if a module A requires module B version 3.14 and 3.14 is installed then nothing is upgraded. OTOH: if only 3.13 is installed an upgrade is performed and an upgrade always means upgrade to the current one because CPAN indexes only know about the most recent version. Am I missing something?
  Sun Jul 19 08:46:09 2009 DCOLLINS [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added
Yes. I'm referring to when module B is not installed at all, then module B version 3.14 rather than latest available should be installed. If this is not possible due to the workings of the CPAN (even with the additional indicies that many smokers already use, such as find-ls), or is unnecessarily convoluted, then feel free to disregard.
  Sun Jul 19 10:09:45 2009 ANDK [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added
I think brian d foy's index of backpan will/does provide the necessary data, I haven't checked. I think no other index is ambitious enough. It's a nice idea to implement such a smoking environment. Maybe it's even a good idea for non smokers to walk the path of all supported configurations of modules. So I won't disregard but will keep on the high hanging fruits end of all nice-to-haves given my current supply of round tuits. Thanks!
  Mon Jul 20 15:11:26 2009 DCOLLINS [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added
Thank you!