On Mon, 2 Apr 2001, Richard Levitte - VMS Whacker wrote:
> From: Admin Mailing Lists <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> mlist> uhh, the 'a' on the version can be very deceiving.
> mlist> it denotes an alpha version of the version number stated.
>
> I'm sorry, it does not. There are no such rules, except some people
> may do so (I have never before seen that definition). OUR definition
> is that the letter is a patch level (this has been quite common
> before, when did this change???).
>
no, there's no version rule per say. but AFAIA the vast majority of the
online society has adopted that a is alpha, b is beta, and g is gamma, all
meaning a pre-release to the version number stated.
> Please read the comments in crypto/opensslv.h for the exact way the
> version number and number text are currently defined.
>
so i have to download a version first, then read that include file to see
if i have the latest version?
despite the timestamp in the directory, i'd really question downloading a
0.9.6a version before 0.9.6 (matter of fact i actually did this..forewent
the a version (and not because of its devel. status)
>
> You seem to be missing that in the distribution file name as well as
> in the version text, there is the word "beta3". I have a hard time
> understanding how the meaning of that can be unclear...
>
which makes it even more unclear to people who take 'a' as meaning alpha
(a beta 3 to an alpha? huh?)
it's true you're welcome to do versioning anyway you want..but noone i
know has ever taken 'a' as a newer release on the same version.
-Tony
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