Perhaps an "API version number" belongs in the package meta-data, along with the multitude of variables that John Skaller considers part of the "version" (again, I think John is talking about something much bigger than "version numbers", and I think what he's talking about can be considered package meta-data).

Yes: but isn't the point here that version numbers are 'just another piece of meta-data'? ------------------------------------------------------- John Skaller email: skaller@maxtal.com.au http://www.maxtal.com.au/~skaller phone: 61-2-96600850 snail: 10/1 Toxteth Rd, Glebe NSW 2037, Australia