Correct way to specify minimum Perl version required.

[David Cantrell]

On Fri, Aug 08, 2008 at 09:42:56AM +0100, Andy Wardley wrote:
> If I have a distribution that requires, say, Perl 5.6.0, then will it 
> suffice
> to put "use 5.6.0" at the top of my Makefile.PL, or do I need something else
> (in the style of the PREREQ_PM) to tell CPAN testers to stop testing my
> modules on older versions of Perl.

Don't use three-part version numbers, say 'use 5.006'.  Or if you need,
eg, 5.6.2, 'use 5.006002'.

See http://wiki.cpantesters.org/wiki/CPANAuthorNotes

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