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authorDavid Golden <dagolden@cpan.org>2010-01-19 20:19:24 -0500
committerDavid Golden <dagolden@cpan.org>2010-01-19 20:19:30 -0500
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reminder: update Module::CoreList when bumping version number
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@@ -315,6 +315,10 @@ Commit your changes:
$ git commit -a -m 'Bump the perl version in various places for 5.x.y'
+When the version number is bumped, you should also update Module::CoreList (as
+described below in L<"Building a release - on the day">) to reflect the new
+version number.
+
=item *
I<You MUST SKIP this step for SNAPSHOT>
@@ -465,7 +469,8 @@ Then change to your perl checkout, and if necessary,
$ make perl
-If this not the first update for this version, first edit
+If this not the first update for this version (e.g. if it was updated
+when the version number was originally bumped), first edit
F<dist/Module-CoreList/lib/Module/CoreList.pm> to delete the existing
entries for this version from the C<%released> and C<%version> hashes:
they will have a key like C<5.010001> for 5.10.1.