5 Moose::Manual::Support - Policies regarding support, releases, and
8 =head1 RELEASE SCHEDULE
10 Moose uses the release early, release often philosophy. Moose is not
11 released on a schedule. Releases happen as new features and bug fixes
14 Moose has historically been released fairly often, and most releases include
15 just a few features or bug fixes.
17 =head1 DEPRECATION POLICY
19 Moose has always prioritized correctness over performance and backwards
22 Major deprecations or API changes are first documented in the Changes
23 file as well as in L<Moose::Manual::Delta|Moose::Manual::Delta>
25 Moose then attempts to warn for deprecated features and API changes for
26 a reasonable number of releases before breaking any tested API.
28 Moose will also warn during installation if the version being installed
29 will break a known installed dependency. Unfortunately due to the nature
30 of the Perl install process these warnings may be easy to miss.
32 =head1 BACKWARDS COMPATIBILITY
34 We try to ensure compatibility by having a extensive test suite (last
35 count just over around 5123 tests), as well as testing a number of
36 packages (currently just under 100 packages) that depend on Moose before
39 The current list of downstream dependencies that are tested is in
40 C<xt/author/test-my-dependents.t>.
42 =head1 VERSION NUMBERS
44 Moose's version numbers are monotonically incrementing two decimal
45 values. The version numbers in Moose are I<not> semantic. This means
46 that version 1.00 will be the hundredth release, nothing more.
48 Occasionally, we will release a test release with a version like
49 0.90_03. These versions may be less stable than non-test releases, and exist
50 so that developers can test potentially code-breaking changes. By default, the
51 CPAN client will not install a distribution which has an underscore in its
54 Moose was declared production ready at version 0.18 (via L<<
55 http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=608144 >>).
59 Moose has an open contribution policy. Anybody is welcome to submit a
61 L<Moose::Manual::Contributing|Moose::Manual::Contributing> for more