When releasing a new module, how do you decide which minimum version of the dependencies to require?
I am about to release Business::Stripe::Webhook and it has these dependencies in Makefile.PL:
The modules I have selected are all core. I've approached the minimum version by firstly checking what version I have installed. That sets the maximum I need to specify. Then to look at the module's CHANGES file and work back until I see a change that I think might affect my module and select the version after that.PREREQ_PM => { 'JSON::PP' => '2.00', 'HTTP::Tiny' => '0.014', 'Digest::SHA' => '5.94', 'Time::Piece' => '1.32', },
I strongly suspect that I could go for earlier ones but don't want to risk my code breaking because of a broken dependency. That's just annoying and frustrating for everyone. Equally, I don't want to force people to update every module if it is not necessary.
So, how do you select the minimum version number for your dependencies?
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