> On Mar 23, 2016, at 2:31 PM, Michael Fair <mich...@daclubhouse.net> wrote:
>
> On Mar 23, 2016 9:41 AM, "Jan Lehnardt" <j...@apache.org> wrote:
>>
>> Great sleuthing Michael!
>>
>> In addition to the recommendation to upgrade to {minor_version: 1}, which
> could
>> be a good first step,
>
> So should I just go ahead and make a pull request for the change then?
>
> It seems like generally agreed it's an issue, it ought to be fixed, and
> this doesn't seriously change anything about the way its done; simply
> clarifying it and making it more consistent for more platforms.
>
> I can confirm (using the erl command line) that with the change the md5
> sums would match between an OTP 15 series, 17 series, and the java library
> I have for the piDoc I posted (3.14159) where they didn't before.
>
> I also suspect every language in question will have a way to create IEEE
> 64-bit floats (some obviously more easily than others, but the point is
> they can).
Go for it.
>
>> how about going the extra mile to make _rev generation
>> easier across platforms?
>
> I'm all for it! And I'm up for it but at least with this step we have a
> solid base to work from.
I’m all for it as well, and I distinctly remember PouchDB wanting this back in
the day. Let’s get the minor_version piece in place and then figure out a
portable revision generation algorithm afterwards.
Adam
