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Id: 57621
Status: resolved
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Queue: DBM-Deep
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Requestors: haarg [...] haarg.org
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Severity: Unimportant
Broken in: 1.0023
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  Tue May 18 22:46:59 2010 haarg [...] haarg.org - Ticket created
Subject: Custom Module::Build subclass sets incorrect versions for provided modules
The Module::Build subclass sets the version that is recorded in the metadata to be the same as the main module's version. However, the modules have no $VERSION specified in themselves. This means the metadata doesn't reflect the actual files. One impact this has is that the CPAN shell can't check the module versions against the CPAN package details list and will always report the modules as in need of an upgrade. I think it would be preferable to either actually include the version numbers in the modules, or to remove the code in Build.PL that records the incorrect version numbers, leaving them as undefined.
  Sat May 22 20:59:53 2010 $_ = 'spro^^*%*^6ut# [...] &$%*c>#!^!#&!pan.org'; y/a-z.@//cd; print - Status changed from 'new' to 'patched'
  Sun May 23 16:58:55 2010 $_ = 'spro^^*%*^6ut# [...] &$%*c>#!^!#&!pan.org'; y/a-z.@//cd; print - Correspondence added
On Tue May 18 22:46:59 2010, haarg wrote: Show quoted text
> The Module::Build subclass sets the version that is recorded in the > metadata to be the same as the main module's version. However, the > modules have no $VERSION specified in themselves. This means the > metadata doesn't reflect the actual files. > > One impact this has is that the CPAN shell can't check the module > versions against the CPAN package details list and will always report > the modules as in need of an upgrade. > > I think it would be preferable to either actually include the version > numbers in the modules, or to remove the code in Build.PL that records > the incorrect version numbers, leaving them as undefined.
I’ve just reset the version in PAUSE for all the sub-modules (the first time I’ve used that feature). I’ve also committed a change to github to leave the versions undef in future releases.
  Sun May 23 16:58:57 2010 The RT System itself - Status changed from 'patched' to 'open'
  Sun May 23 16:58:57 2010 $_ = 'spro^^*%*^6ut# [...] &$%*c>#!^!#&!pan.org'; y/a-z.@//cd; print - Status changed from 'open' to 'resolved'