Changed min perl to 5.006 to see if it works

Also added {META_MERGE}->{release_status} for trial releases

Changes

@@ -1,24 +1,27 @@
 Revision history for Getargs-Mixed
 
-1.05		2019-04-04
+1.05_1	2019-04-09
+		Testing with 5.006 - no code changes other than the `use 5.006` line
+
+1.05	2019-04-04
 		Non-trial release of the code from 1.04_2
 
-1.04_2		2019-03-28
+1.04_2	2019-03-28
 		Better checking for invalid specifications; additional tests.
 
-1.04_1		2019-02-23
+1.04_1	2019-02-23
 		Better handling of specifications that include multiple semicolons
 		(which is unsupported).
 
-1.04        2019-02-11
-        Added OO interface (new()) and -undef_ok option.
+1.04	2019-02-11
+		Added OO interface (new()) and -undef_ok option.
 
-1.03        2003-09-04
-        Bugfixes and additional tests.
+1.03	2003-09-04
+		Bugfixes and additional tests.
 
-1.02        2003-09-03
-        Semicolon can come at the beginning of an argument name.
+1.02	2003-09-03
+		Semicolon can come at the beginning of an argument name.
 
-1.01        2003-09-03
-        Initial version, released on an unsuspecting world.
+1.01	2003-09-03
+		Initial version, released on an unsuspecting world.
 

Makefile.PL

@@ -1,16 +1,25 @@
-use 5.008;
+use 5.006;
 use ExtUtils::MakeMaker;
 use File::Spec;
 
 my $source = File::Spec->catfile(qw(lib Getargs Mixed.pm));
-
-# Module metadata {{{1
 my $provides;
-eval {
+my $is_trial;
+
+# Fill in $provides {{{1
+eval {	# ignore errors
 	require Module::Metadata;
 	$provides = Module::Metadata->provides(version => '2', dir => 'lib');
 		# Thanks to https://stackoverflow.com/a/28928985/2877364 by LEONT
 };
+
+# }}}1
+# Fill in $is_trial {{{1
+eval {	# ignore errors
+	my $version = MM->parse_version($source);
+	$is_trial = (index($version||'', '_') != -1);
+};
+print "TRIAL version\n" if $is_trial;
 # }}}1
 
 # Main options for EUMM
@@ -22,31 +31,35 @@ my %opts = (
 	LICENSE			=> 'perl_5',
 	AUTHOR			=> 'Andrew Sterling Hanenkamp <hanenkamp@cpan.org>',
 
-	MIN_PERL_VERSION=> '5.008',
+	MIN_PERL_VERSION=> '5.006',
 	PREREQ_PM => {
-		'Carp' => '0',
-		'Exporter' => '0',
-		'strict' => '0',
-		'warnings' => '0',
+		'Carp'		=> '0',
+		'Exporter'	=> '0',
+		'strict'	=> '0',
+		'warnings'	=> '0',
 	},
 	CONFIGURE_REQUIRES => {
-		'ExtUtils::MakeMaker' => '0',
-		'File::Spec' => '3.2701',	# for a Win32 bugfix
+		'ExtUtils::MakeMaker'	=> '0',
+		'File::Spec'			=> '3.2701',	# for a Win32 bugfix
 	},
+	# Note: for the sake of ExtUtils::MakeMaker < 6.63_03, don't use
+	# TEST_REQUIRES.  Put test requirements in PREREQ_PM instead.  See, e.g.,
+	# https://metacpan.org/source/CXW/List-AutoNumbered-0.000005/Makefile.PL#L202
+	# for documentation links.
 
 	META_MERGE => {
-		'meta-spec' => { version => 2 },
+		'meta-spec'	=> { version => 2 },
 
-		resources => {
+		resources	=> {
 			# The code is on GitHub (but we'll take bug reports on RT, too)
-			bugtracker  => {
+			bugtracker	=> {
 				web	=> 'https://github.com/cxw42/Getargs-Mixed/issues',
 			},
 
 			repository => {
-				type => 'git',
-				url  => 'https://github.com/cxw42/Getargs-Mixed.git',
-				web  => 'https://github.com/cxw42/Getargs-Mixed',
+				type	=> 'git',
+				url		=> 'https://github.com/cxw42/Getargs-Mixed.git',
+				web		=> 'https://github.com/cxw42/Getargs-Mixed',
 			},
 		},
 
@@ -66,10 +79,13 @@ my %opts = (
 			},
 		},
 
-	},
+	}, # META_MERGE
+
+	dist	=> { COMPRESS => 'gzip -9f', SUFFIX => 'gz', },
+	clean	=> { FILES => 'Getargs-Mixed-*' },
+); # %opts
 
-	dist  => { COMPRESS => 'gzip -9f', SUFFIX => 'gz', },
-	clean => { FILES => 'Getargs-Mixed-*' },
-);
+$opts{META_MERGE}->{release_status} = 'testing' if $is_trial;
 
 WriteMakefile(%opts);
+# vi: set fdm=marker: #

lib/Getargs/Mixed.pm

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package Getargs::Mixed;
 
-use 5.008;
+use 5.006;
 use strict;
 use warnings;
 use Carp;
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ our @ISA = qw(Exporter);
 
 our @EXPORT = qw( parameters );
 
-our $VERSION = '1.05';
+our $VERSION = '1.05_1';
 
 =head1 NAME