On Sun, 05 Nov 2006, Russ Allbery wrote: > @@ -2713,7 +2713,10 @@ > which may be empty) are compared lexically. If a difference > is found it is returned. The lexical comparison is a > comparison of ASCII values modified so that all the letters > - sort earlier than all the non-letters. > + sort earlier than all the non-letters and so that a tilde > + sorts before anything, even the end of a part. For example, > + the following parts are in sorted order: <tt>~~<tt>, > + <tt>~~a</tt>, <tt>~</tt>, the empty part, <tt>a</tt>. > </p>
Maybe give more concrete examples of usage of the tilde? I know this is the policy, but it should still translate in useful information for the packager: I expect to see at least an example explaining that "1.0~beta1~svn1245 < 1.0~beta1 < 1.0" Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog Premier livre français sur Debian GNU/Linux : http://www.ouaza.com/livre/admin-debian/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
