Version Policy

Version numbers communicate how much a release changed.

version_policy.pl

use strict;
use warnings;

my $change = ;
my %bumps = (
    bugfix   => "patch",
    feature  => "minor",
    breaking => "major",
);
my $bump = $bumps{$change};
my $requires_notes = $bump eq "major" ? "yes" : "no";

print "change=$change\n";
print "bump=$bump\n";
print "requires_notes=$requires_notes\n";

use strict;
use warnings;

my $change = ;
my %bumps = (
    bugfix   => "patch",
    feature  => "minor",
    breaking => "major",
);
my $bump = $bumps{$change};
my $requires_notes = $bump eq "major" ? "yes" : "no";

print "change=$change\n";
print "bump=$bump\n";
print "requires_notes=$requires_notes\n";

use strict;
use warnings;

my $change = ;
my %bumps = (
    bugfix   => "patch",
    feature  => "minor",
    breaking => "major",
);
my $bump = $bumps{$change};
my $requires_notes = $bump eq "major" ? "yes" : "no";

print "change=$change\n";
print "bump=$bump\n";
print "requires_notes=$requires_notes\n";

version-policy Classifying a change helps a maintainer choose a version bump deliberately.