On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 02:43:29PM -0700, Jordan Brown wrote: > Is it? In normal numerical representation, "1.1" and "1.10" are the same > value, while "1.01" is a very different value.
I've never seen version numbers treated as decimals. Ever. Especially when 1.10.5 wouldn't mean anything. > I understand the approach you're taking, but reasonable people might use a > more mathematical approach. Show me. > I bet there's more than a few packages for which 1.09 is the experimental > release immediately before 1.1. Ditto. > What about branching? If you and I are are both independently making > changes to v1.0, traditionally we might reasonably end up with 1.0jb and > 1.0dd, or even 1.0jb-3 or more complex variants. Note that 1.0jb and 1.0dd > can't be compared; there is no newer-older relationship between them. Handled by different authorities, or different vendor tags, as in the "package namespace" thread. > I don't have the answers. Version naming is a minefield. Yes, it is. Danek _______________________________________________ pkg-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-discuss
