Heinz Wiesinger <[email protected]> wrote:
>On Sunday 15 July 2012 14:56:17 Sune Vuorela wrote: >> On 2012-07-15, Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto <[email protected]> >wrote: >> > So, can you please use "-" and not "~". The "-" character has a >> > special meaning on versions for us. The "~" character can cause >issues >> > for us, as we use it when specifying dependencies on other packages >as >> > a "fuzzy version dependency". >> >> So. Bottom line here is that if '-' (dash) is used to separate >version >> from 'prerelease string', the debian and ubuntu and modern rpm land >will >> have to fudge the versions. > >Slackware will have to replace the '-' as well, usually with a '_' >(underscore). No technical issues with the tilde. Which (the last several replies), I think highlights nicely why, whatever is displayed, it's best if the underlying technical version number should be strictly numeric/decimal. Scott K _______________________________________________ release-team mailing list [email protected] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/release-team
