Resending since my previous email went to the moderation queue.
On Fri, Sep 16, 2022 at 9:41 AM Michael Catanzaro wrote:
> In contrast, everyone knows how to handle alpha/beta/rc and knows what
> they mean. Just use tildes instead of periods in the appstream metadata
> (43~alpha, etc.)
Debian
On Fri, Sep 16, 2022 at 10:43 AM Michael Catanzaro wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 16 2022 at 04:16:33 PM +0200, Jan Alexander Steffens via
> desktop-devel-list wrote:
> > Arch changes prerelease versions as well, but we have to remove the
> > period (40.rc -> 40rc) so that it orders before 40 or 40.0.
> >
On Fri, Sep 16, 2022 at 9:41 AM Michael Catanzaro wrote:
> In contrast, everyone knows how to handle alpha/beta/rc and knows what
> they mean. Just use tildes instead of periods in the appstream metadata
> (43~alpha, etc.)
Debian and its derivatives have a similar problem with the GNOME 40
style
