[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hamish Moffatt) wrote on 10.05.98 in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Sun, May 10, 1998 at 11:00:00AM +0200, Kai Henningsen wrote: > > > On 2 May 1998, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > > > > Packages only have to specify the first three digits of the > > > > version number in the `Standards-Version' field of their source > > > > packages. > > > > Well, it sure reads to me as if it _does_ specify "at least three". > > > > If it meant "exactly three", I'd have expected to see "Packages have to > > specify only the first three digits of the version number in the > > `Standards-Version' field of their source packages." > > They both say the same thing to me -- >= 3. > If = 3 was intended, "must" or "should" should be used, as in What's the difference between "must" and "have to"? I don't see it. Now, "should" *is* different in that it allows exceptions. MfG Kai -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
