Abdulaziz Ghuloum <[email protected]> writes: > On Aug 18, 2009, at 9:16 PM, Andreas Rottmann wrote: > >> I think we might have a use for a two-component (similiar to what >> Debian has), however. For example, if I take Alex Shinn's irregex >> package (http://synthcode.com/scheme/irregex/), and make a package of >> it for the (yet-to-be spec'd and developed) R6RS repository, it's >> useful to keep the upstream version (0.7.3 in this case), as it makes >> it more obvious what you get. However, the R6RS packaging itself may >> evolve for a single upstream version; thus a second component may be >> added to the version number, leading to 0.7.3-1, 0.7.3-2, and so on. > > I was thinking the same. I think we only need a single integer after > the dash, > Yes. (Perhaps we come up with use cases for something more complex later, but for now, a single integer should definitly suffice).
> and the "-nnn" part should be optional, right? > Yes. We should eventually define some guidelines on when to use it, and when it can/should be omitted, but I guess that'll become clear in the course of the ongoing discussion, and later implementation. [ PS: Apple Mail could use a better algorithm for re-indenting quotes ;-) ] --Rotty
