Oleg Pykhalov <go.wigust@gmail.com> writes:

> Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com> writes:
>
>> Sorry, I meant the opposite: we don't add the "v" prefix.  It would be
>> nice to make the CPAN updater aware of that.
>
> I'll close current bug report.  Should we open a new one for CPAN
> updater fix purpose?

Sounds good!  I think the GitHub updater already ignores the "v" prefix
when comparing versions, so there might be some inspiration there.

>>> I see a bunch of packages packages have "v" prefix:
>>> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
>>> ./gnu/packages/perl.scm:3599:    (version "v2.49.1")
>>> ./gnu/packages/perl.scm:7969:    (version "v0.0.2")
>>> ./gnu/packages/perl.scm:8697:  (version "v0.2.13")
>>> ./gnu/packages/networking.scm:778:  (version "v0.003")
>>> ./gnu/packages/mail.scm:1755:  (version "v2.9.0")
>>> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>>
>> Let's fix these :-)
>
> I guess it's better to do after a CPAN updater fix.  WDYT?

No opinion either way :-)