Thanks! I would rather use .1 or .2 ..
Stefan Monnier via General discussion of VM mail reader <[email protected]> writes: > >> I was never clear if the `a' and `b' were alpha and beta or something > >> else in the LP releases. > > I agree. > > FWIW, `version-to-list` (which is used in the ELPA protocol to compare > versions and hence needs to be obeyed by version numbers for ELPA > packages, whether from Melpa(-stable) or (Non)GNU ELPA or any other) > treats "a" and "b" not as "alpha/beta" but more like ".1" and ".2": > > (equal (version-to-list "1.2a") (version-to-list "1.2.1")) > => t > (equal (version-to-list "1.2b") (version-to-list "1.2.2")) > => t > > > - Stefan > >
