On Sun, Feb 12, 2006 at 08:41:11PM -0800, William Scott wrote: > > > While this works, it does "contaminate" the version number. Another > > approach is to encode the "pre" in the revision: 0.1.0-0.pre1.1 or > > some such. Increment the last ".1" for a new revision. This way you > > can keep the version "pure" while still showing the "pre" status and > > being able to upgrade to the final version. But that's just a matter > > of taste. > > > And forethought, which, unfortunately, the absence of which is the root of > my problem.
Some packages use -rel for the release when there are -pre prereleases. It still contaminates the version number, but it does it less ambiguously than adding number atoms. dan -- Daniel Macks [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.netspace.org/~dmacks ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=103432&bid=230486&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list Fink-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel
