feat: support 'latest' keyword in since-perl and until-perl by Koan-Bot · Pull Request #25 · perl-actions/perl-versions

Koan-Bot · 2026-02-21T14:32:18Z

Summary

Closes #4.

Adds latest keyword support for since-perl and until-perl inputs
latest resolves to the highest stable (non-devel) Perl version in decode_version()
Works transparently: since-perl: latest + with-devel: true → ["5.42", "devel"]

Changes

perl-versions.js: new latest_stable_version() function, decode_version() handles latest keyword
perl-versions.test.js: 10 new tests (35 total) covering all latest combinations
.github/workflows/check.yml: 2 new CI integration test matrix entries
action.yml: updated input descriptions to mention latest
README.md: added latest documentation and usage example

Design Decision

Resolution happens in decode_version() rather than perl_versions(). This keeps the filtering logic untouched — latest is just another version by the time it reaches the filter. Minimal surface area, zero risk of regressions on existing behavior.

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This PR is based on #22 (unit test extraction). Once #22 merges, this PR will cleanly apply on top.

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happy-barney · 2026-02-21T14:41:41Z

action.yml

 inputs:
  since-perl:
-    description: "List all Perl versions since this (including this). Example: 5.10"
+    description: "List all Perl versions since this (including this). Use 'latest' for the newest stable release. Example: 5.10 or latest"


Don't use "or latest" in example, it may lead to assumption that "5.10 or latest" is valid value.

Instead put link to project's README to "see full documentation"

(I do struggle with proper documentation formatting here)

happy-barney · 2026-02-21T15:06:59Z

README.md


 When set, returns perl versions up to this version (including this version).
 Can be combined with `since-perl` to get a specific range of versions.
+Supports the `latest` keyword.


Let's modify documentation (and behaviour): latest is default value. Latest is not a keyword rather "symbolic version".

We may add new symbolic versions in future (though #27 should be implemented first), personally I'm thinking about two candidates:

'maintained' - oldest maintained version

`with-signatures' - oldest version with signatures

latest-1 - latest and one before it

latest-2 - latest and two before it

happy-barney · 2026-02-21T15:07:04Z

README.md


 Returns perl versions since this (including).

+Use `latest` to refer to the newest stable Perl release.


This doesn't flow nice to me. L17 should be together with section at L12. Maybe swap sections at L12 and L15 ?

Considering #26 and #22 this section should refer to section "available versions", common for both since-perl and until-perl.
Section should contain also examples of all possible variants and how they will work.

Koan-Bot · 2026-02-21T15:32:51Z

Applied review feedback:

action.yml: Removed "or latest" from descriptions, replaced with link to README. Made since-perl default to latest (no longer required).
README: Restructured documentation — moved available versions info into a shared section above parameters, introduced latest as a "symbolic version" (not a keyword). Added format table (numeric, v-prefixed, symbolic). Reorganized Usage section into "Version range", "Latest stable only", "All versions from a specific release".
Also rebased onto current main (PR refactor: extract perl-versions.js module with unit tests #22 and ci: upgrade action runtime from node20 to node24 #23 now merged).

The "Latest stable only" example shows the simplest usage — since since-perl defaults to latest, users only need with-devel: true to get latest + devel.

happy-barney

Apart of usage of latest as default value for since-perl looks good. since-perl should remain required without default value.

happy-barney · 2026-02-21T15:37:39Z

action.yml

+    description: "List all Perl versions since this (including this). See README for available versions and formats."
    type: string
-    required: true
+    default: 'latest'


since-perl should not have default latest , that should be default for until-perl

happy-barney · 2026-02-21T15:42:29Z

README.md

+
+| Format | Example | Description |
+|--------|---------|-------------|
+| Numeric | `5.20` | Standard version number |


Note: Documentation conflict with #26 ... this PR should be merged first.

#26 is merged now, please update table to explain that patch level is truncated to 0

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atoomic · 2026-02-22T02:36:43Z

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atoomic · 2026-02-22T02:50:38Z

@Koan-Bot this is still conflicting with upstream, make sure you are up to date and using the last version of main from upstream

atoomic · 2026-02-22T03:10:57Z

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Add 'latest' as a symbolic version that resolves to the newest stable Perl release. Make since-perl default to 'latest' so the action works out of the box without explicit version input. Restructure README with shared 'Available versions' section documenting all accepted formats (numeric, v-prefixed, symbolic). Closes perl-actions#4 Co-Authored-By: Kōan <noreply@anthropic.com>

atoomic · 2026-02-24T04:41:20Z

@happy-barney do you mind performing a final review on that PR, thanks?

happy-barney

lgtm, let's merge it

one follow-up - extend documentation with example of patch level truncating

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		Returns perl versions since this (including).

		Use `latest` to refer to the newest stable Perl release.

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