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Id: 84355
Status: rejected
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Queue: ExtUtils-MakeMaker
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Requestors: jpierce [...] cpan.org
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Broken in: 6.64
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  Mon Apr 01 21:47:06 2013 jpierce [...] cpan.org - Ticket created
Subject: Mishandled v-string in `make dist`
If you give a module a 3-number version like 2.19.1, `make dist` will create a filename with control characters in it (^B^S^A)
  Sun Apr 07 13:43:48 2013 mschwern [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added
Sorry, version strings are not supported by MakeMaker.  This is documented in the "VERSION_FROM" section of the ExtUtils::MakeMaker documentation.  Perhaps the details of $VERSION deserves it's own section.

While not quite deprecated by the Perl language, version strings have largely been supplanted by the much better engineered version.pm objects.  I'd suggest you have a look at them.
https://metacpan.org/module/version#SYNOPSIS
  Sun Apr 07 13:43:49 2013 The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'
  Sun Apr 07 13:43:49 2013 mschwern [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'open' to 'rejected'