nysus has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:
I'd like to get some general guidance on how to properly use versioning for my modules.
My question is prompted by the Module::Starter::PBP module. It has a starter template here.
The starter template throws an error on this line: use version; $VERSION = qv('0.0.3');. The error is Global symbol "$VERSION" requires explicit package name (did you forget to declare "my $VERSION"?)
While I could slap a my in front of it and be on my way, I am wondering if maybe it was purposefully left off. I also don't know how this line might be used by other modules. And should I use "my" or "our?" What does qv do? I can't find it in the perldoc but I do find mention of it here on CPAN. But I never installed that module to my knowledge.
If someone could point me to a good resource that can help explain the what's, why's, and how's of module versioning, I'd appreciate it. Thanks.
$PM = "Perl Monk's";
$MCF = "Most Clueless Friar Abbot Bishop Pontiff Deacon Curate";
$nysus = $PM . ' ' . $MCF;
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