NAME
version::AlphaBeta - Use alphanumeric version objects
SYNOPSIS
use version::AlphaBeta;
$VERSION = new version::AlphaBeta "v1.2b";
ABSTRACT
Derived class of version objects which permits use of specific
alphanumeric version objects, patterned after the version strings
used by many open source programs, like Mozilla.
DESCRIPTION
The base version objects only permit a sequence of numeric values to be used, which is not how some software chooses to label their version strings. This module permits a specific sequence of alpha, beta, release candidate, release, and patch versions to be specified instead of strictly numeric versions. Sorted in increasing order:
Version Meaning
1.3a 1.3 alpha release
1.3b 1.3 beta release
1.3b2 1.3 second beta release
1.3rc 1.3 release candidate
1.3rc2 1.3 second release candidate
1.3 1.3 final release
1.3p1 1.3 first patch release
This module can be used as a basis for other subclasses of version objects. The global hash object %IB defines the acceptable non-numeric version parameters:
%IB = (
'a' => 1,
'b' => 2,
'rc'=> 3,
'' => 4,
'pl'=> 5
);
which, if present at all, must be located in the third subversion.
EXPORT
None by default.
HISTORY
- 0.01
-
Original version; created by h2xs 1.22 with options
--use-new-tests -b 5.6.0 -CXfn version::AlphaBeta
SEE ALSO
AUTHOR
John Peacock, <jpeacock@rowman.com<gt>
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
Copyright 2003 by John Peacock
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.