On Mon, 25 Oct 2010 07:18:23 -0700 (PDT), BRM wrote:

> > > 2.2.0_alpha1 comes *after* 2.2_rc99  
> > 
> > It should also  come after 2.2, but I appear to have missed that
> > release.  
> 
> Why? 2.2 == 2.2.0

Not in portage's eyes.
> 
> So 2.2.0_alpha1 would make a logical progression.

Since when did an alpha come after release candidates? That's anything
but logical. In order to fool portage into considering the alpha to be
later, the version had to be bumped from 2.2 to 2.2.0.


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Neil Bothwick

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