On Sun, Nov 28, 2004 at 01:42:47PM +0100, Andreas Barth wrote: > * Scott James Remnant ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [041128 13:35]: > > The problem is the definition of "enough time"; I have enough time to > > upload dpkg with the change to add the new symbol to the comparison > > routine. > > > > Does mdz have enough time to do the same for APT? > > Well, I'm not mdz, but he should have, or, in worst, we could NMU. As > this change would be not too intrusive, it could be done even quite late > in the release process.
The development time is not a problem, given clear consensus on the design. This is not a complex feature, but it has broad effect. This does not strike me as something which should be changed at the 11th hour before a release, however, that is arguably a decision for the release team. The version comparison routine has been modified before, and bugs have been introduced in the process. > > What about all of the other various tools that parse deb filenames, > > compare versions, etc. Do we have enough time to track all of those > > down and update them too? > > Yes, I'm quite optimistic about that. I think mostly everything uses dpkg or libapt-pkg for version comparison; I'm not worried about that. There are probably quite a few programs which have embedded regexes for Debian version numbers, however. -- - mdz
