Moose::Manual::Support(3pm)
NAME
Moose::Manual::Support - Policies regarding support, releases, and
compatibility.
RELEASE SCHEDULE
Moose uses the release early, release often philosophy. Moose is not
released on a schedule. Releases happen as new features and bug fixes
are required.
Moose has historically been released fairly often, and most releases
include just a few features or bug fixes.
DEPRECATION POLICY
Moose has always prioritized correctness over performance and backwards
compatibility.
Major deprecations or API changes are first documented in the Changes
file as well as in Moose::Manual::Delta.
Moose then attempts to warn for deprecated features and API changes for
a reasonable number of releases before breaking any tested API.
Moose will also warn during installation if the version being installed
will break a known installed dependency. Unfortunately due to the
nature of the Perl install process these warnings may be easy to miss.
BACKWARDS COMPATIBILITY
We try to ensure compatibility by having a extensive test suite (last
count just over around 5123 tests), as well as testing a number of
packages (currently just under 100 packages) that depend on Moose
before any release.
The current list of downstream dependencies that are tested is in
"xt/author/test-my-dependents.t".
VERSION NUMBERS
Moose's version numbers are monotonically incrementing two decimal
values. The version numbers in Moose are not semantic. This means that
version 1.00 will be the hundredth release, nothing more.
Occasionally, we will release a test release with a version like
0.90_03. These versions may be less stable than non-test releases, and
exist so that developers can test potentially code-breaking changes. By
default, the CPAN client will not install a distribution which has an
underscore in its version.
Moose was declared production ready at version 0.18 (via
<http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=608144>).
CONTRIBUTING
- Moose has an open contribution policy. Anybody is welcome to submit a
patch. Please see Moose::Manual::Contributing for more details.