in reply to Re^5: Installing (lotsa) modules
in thread Installing (lotsa) modules
Yes, in general, 5.x.z will be compatible with 5.x.y. Changes that break this compatibility ("binary compatibility") should not get backported.
Of course, this only holds true for identical configuration options, either in the Win32/Makefile or via Configure. If you configure a Perl differently (with/without threads, different float sizes, ...), you won't get compatibility between Perl versions, or within the same Perl version even.
Now that I think/write about this, I don't think there is a real test between Perl versions at release time to ensure that compatibility test. I think the smoke testers will find out such a breaking change quickly, but a (manual) test step should be good there ...
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Re^7: Installing (lotsa) modules
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