[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Martin v. Löwis) writes: > Hrvoje Niksic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> > VERSION = ('[.0-9]+-?b[0-9]+' >> > '|[.0-9]+-?dev[0-9]+' >> > '|[.0-9]+-?pre[0-9]+' >> > '|[.0-9]+-?rel[0-9]+' >> > '|[.0-9]+[a-z]?' >> > '|[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]-[0-9][0-9]-[0-9][0-9]') >> >> But that's narrow. Why support 1.9-b3, but not 1.9-beta3 or >> 1.9-alpha3, or 1.9-rc10? Those and similar version schemes are in >> wide use. > > Are you requesting the addition of these three formats?
Yes, please. To be clear: it would be ideal if the Robot didn't care about versioning at all. But if it really has to, then it should support versioning schemes in wide use.