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>>>>> "Dave" == Dave Storrs <dstorrs@dstorrs.com> writes: Dave> When you want to install a new version, you simply prepend it Dave> with its version number (or insert it at appropriate place). Dave> The order is, of course, irrelevant...you can order it as 1.3, Dave> 2.0, 1.0 if you want, but then 1.3 would be loaded by default Dave> and you would need to explicitly request other versions. Dave> I'm sure this idea can be improved on, but it's a first cut. Dave> What do people think? You want this to work with multiple module versions side by side. We have a disk namespace where we put every module version in its own directory, and the user can choose which version is required by specifying 'use lib'. When a new version comes out, we install it without touching the existing files - which makes backing out an upgrade very easy. If multiple versions of a module could co-exist in the same program, e.g. by extending the namespace by the module version number, that would solve some issues in e.g. mod_perl, or in Storable release x -> x+1 migration scripts. HildoThread Previous | Thread Next