At 10:50 AM 11/28/2009 +0100, Laura Creighton wrote:
But I think that it is the other way around ... what we want is a timestamp. The algorithm is for guessing which version is ealier in the absence of a timestamp.
You're assuming a process with no branches, where e.g. version 1.2 is being updated while 2.0 is being developed. Timestamps are not a general substitute for versions.
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