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Re: Which version to target for module dependencies?by brian_d_foy (Abbot) |
on Aug 17, 2005 at 05:06 UTC ( [id://484308]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
My general rule for dependencies goes for the lowest version that will work. I start off with version '0', and then change that if I need something specific. I try very hard to avoid using new features of modules just because I can. A lot of the people I work with can't simply install ne modules like I can. For that reason, I don't simply list the latest and greatest version on CPAN. It usually takes someone telling me that my module doesn't work with some version until I change the pre-requisites. The tough part is that the modules usually break with later versions, not earlier ones.
-- brian d foy <brian@stonehenge.com>
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