On Tuesday 23 January 2001 16:20, you wrote:
> > If we want a version number for the package, we also need a way to
> > identify the package. There can be two people who make a .msx file for
> > Penguin Adventure, version 4 of person A may be less advanced than
> > version 2 of person B. To identify the package, we could use an ID that
> > refers to the package author. Something like a full name, a URL or an
> > e-mail address.
>
> Didn't Ricardo already suggest this? :-)
Did he? Maybe I'm suffering from information overload, but I don't remember
reading that.
Maybe you're referring to the Author keyword. But that is an optional field,
so it cannot be used as an ID. Also, full name is only one of the
possibilities. Maybe some authors want to be anonymous, using full name as an
ID is not a good choice in that case.
> > GameID=penadv
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > PackageVersion=2001-01-23
>
> Even add the time. There could be more versions on one day!
Theoretically, yes. But it should be rare, because you have to verify
packages before you upload them. When it does happen, just give them the date
of tomorrow. If you ever go more than a week into the future, then probably
you're too careless to be creating packages ;).
Bye,
Maarten
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