v5.8.0 to 5.8.9 were more like a series of completely new releases
 
I have seen a minimum version for CPAN modules hotly debated whenever the topic comes up: it won't matter what you choose; it's likely someone will disagree with it.

Thanks Ken,

That's given me the information and nudge I needed to make up my mind about the minimum Perl version...my default level of support for modules designed to run on the web and make API calls will be v5.10. That way, I don't need to start remembering (and more likely forgetting!) about sub-versions of v5.8.x.

If I really need a newer feature then I will look at this again for just that module but until that happens or I write a module that isn't going to run on the web, that's one bit of decision making boxed off 😃

Perl version decided...now, that jut leaves dependency version
But there is plenty of information in this thread for me to go over and digest...

In reply to Re^6: Deciding dependency versions by Bod
in thread Deciding dependency versions by Bod

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