SemVer version 0.2.0

This module subclasses version to create semantic versions, as defined by the Semantic Versioning Specification. The two salient points of the specification, for the purposes of version formatting, are:

  1. A normal version number MUST take the form X.Y.Z where X, Y, and Z are integers. X is the major version, Y is the minor version, and Z is the patch version. Each element MUST increase numerically. For instance: 1.9.0 < 1.10.0 < 1.11.0.

  2. A special version number MAY be denoted by appending an arbitrary string immediately following the patch version. The string MUST be comprised of only alphanumerics plus dash (/0-9A-Za-z-/) and MUST begin with an alpha character (/A-Za-z/). Special versions satisfy but have a lower precedence than the associated normal version. Precedence should be determined by lexicographic ASCII sort order. For instance: 1.0.0beta1 < 1.0.0beta2 < 1.0.0.

Installation

To install this module, type the following:

perl Build.PL
./Build
./Build test
./Build install

Dependencies

SemVer requires version.

Copyright (c) 2010 David E. Wheeler. Some Rights Reserved.

This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.