commit: 299ec8356227cf7420f3eff962eccf50db68f185
Author: Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
AuthorDate: Sat Sep 23 07:47:59 2017 +0000
Commit: Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
CommitDate: Sun Oct 8 15:46:05 2017 +0000
URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/pms.git/commit/?id=299ec835
Clarify that version components can have arbitrary length.
Bug: 270108
names.tex | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/names.tex b/names.tex
index 6767c55..15c720a 100644
--- a/names.tex
+++ b/names.tex
@@ -55,8 +55,9 @@ hyphen, a dot or a plus sign.
\section{Version Specifications}
\label{sec:version-spec}
-The package manager must not impose fixed limits upon the number of version
components. Package
-managers should indicate or reject any version that is invalid according to
these rules.
+The package manager must neither impose fixed limits upon the number of
version components, nor
+upon the length of any component. Package managers should indicate or reject
any version that is
+invalid according to the rules below.
A version starts with the number part, which is in the form
\t{[0-9]+(\textbackslash.[0-9]+)*}
(a positive integer, followed by zero or more dot-prefixed positive integers).
