On Wed, May 12, 1999 at 08:19:18AM -0500, John Hasler wrote: > Mitch writes: > > Digit placement, (such as that used in 1.02) should not be used in a > > versioning scheme, because it places predetermined limits on the number > > of revisions that can happen within a given level. > > Not if a decimal point is inferred if and only if there is a leading zero. > > > Instead, dots (.) should be used to separate revision levels, and leading > > zeros within a level should be ignored within a numerical field. > > That will lead to confusion. The upstream maintainer put that zero there > for a reason (though maybe not a good one). I wouldn't do it myself, but I > have no trouble understanding his intent. > > In any case, both dpkg and the upstream author are beyond my control. > Do I have any recourse other than an epoch?
Could you call it 1.10, rather than 1.1? Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB (ex-VK3TYD). CCs of replies from mailing lists are welcome.
