On Thursday, July 01, 2004 8:50 AM, Peter Rockai (mornfall) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thursday 01 July 2004 08:55, Jeremy Lainé wrote: [...] >> - the package versions look dodgy, as there are 2 dashes >> (1.0-beta4-1). Furthermore you are going to run into problems when >> the final 1.0 version comes out: > Two dashes are perfectly valid according to Policy. Indeed; however, as Jeremy pointed out `1.0-beta4' is greater than `1.0' >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dpkg --compare-versions 1.0-beta4-1 lt 1.0-1 && echo >> true >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ > The final version will be labelled 1.0.0-1 of course. Erm, no, please don't. 1.0.0 is an NMU version number. >> You might consider labeling the beta versions something like >> "0.99+1.0beta4-1". >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dpkg --compare-versions 0.99+1.0beta4-1 lt 1.0-1 && >> echo true >> true This, otoh, is a commonly used and well-known method of numbering versions so that the final release version is greater than the betas. Adam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]