On Tue, May 26, 2026 at 09:28:32AM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: >... > I think it was probably a mistake (my mistake) to treat "0" and "00" > as equal for version comparison. That's whaat leads to the > possibility of different strings comparing equal, leading to the > distinction between textual-identicalness and equivalence. But that > ship has sailed a long time ago. >...
The problem here is that "" and "0" are treated as equal for version comparison. The opposite semantics might e.g. result in a zero epoch being different from no epoch - that would just be a different class of weird corner cases. > Ian. cu Adrian
