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Re: Perl 5.25.1 on May 20th

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From:
Dave Mitchell
Date:
May 14, 2016 14:51
Subject:
Re: Perl 5.25.1 on May 20th
Message ID:
20160514145057.GA22164@iabyn.com
On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 09:46:47PM -0000, Father Chrysostomos wrote:
> I have none.  But I do wonder why 5.25.0 was released at all, with no
> changes from 5.24 except the version number.  Would anyone care to
> elaborate?

One reason is so that 'git describe' can distinguish between a commit
on the maint-5.24 and blead branches. So a blead commit soon after
5.24 is released will appear as e.g. v5.25.0-XX-gYYYYYYY, while
a maint commit will appear as v5.24.0-XX-gYYYYYY

Otherwise they both appear confusingly as v5.24.0-something.

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fortunately some other ships in the area are able to deal with it to
everyone's satisfaction.
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