Version s of Storable.pm (and other required 3rd-party modules)

[pauamma]

Since we use Storable for our shopping carts (*), can
http://community.livejournal.com/lj_maintenance/127592.html (the 2.12/2.15/2.21 thing) affect us too? Either between production servers or when going from dreamhacks to production?

More generally, should we have a list of minimum/approved/recommended module versions? Or an official, mandatory, warranty-void-if-you-use-something-else version for each 3rd party module we use directly or indirectly?

(*) And for other things too IIRC - community moderation queues and entry drafts come to mind.

Comments

[pauamma]

No, you're correct. It's with the installed modules. But if there was an incompatible change between Foo::Bar v 2.71828 (on the production servers) and Foo::Bar v 3.14159 (on my my dreamhack), and there was an incompatible change between those versions, or a bug in one of them, then my code may suddenly start doing something new and strange in the new environment. Not much we can do about it, except be aware of the possibility, and document it when it happens.

[afuna]

*nods* Hmm, so good thing to keep in mind then, but it looks like we're good in this particular case?

[pauamma]

Yes.