note bsb <p> [id://696215] has info on $VERSION styles commonly used, and one comment remarking on version.pm being hard to use. </p><p> There was a p5p thread: [http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/perl/porters/232183|UNIVERSAL::VERSION and version.pm], that discusses various version.pm oddities. </p><p> I'd be inclined to stick to old school $VERSIONs, simply because there's more useful things to work on. </p> 740469 740469