On Feb 18, 2010, at 1:36 PM, Daniel Macks <dma...@netspace.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 08:52:24AM -0800, David Lowe wrote: >> On 17 Feb, 2010, at 8:10 PM, Charles Lepple wrote: >> >>> On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 10:09 PM, David Lowe <doctorjl...@verizon.net >>> > wrote: >>>> The version number i have used is "2.2.0-RC1", which is >>>> faithful to the upstream version. Obviously i need to be less >>>> faithful, but what is the suggested way to handle this? Would >>>> "2.2.0-rc1" cause any problems? >>> >>> I forget if you are allowed to have an extra '-' (one that is not >>> being used to separate the version from the revision), but you might >>> want to consider how the final version number sorts relative to >>> the RC >>> versions. See this URL: >>> >>> http://www.finkproject.org/doc/packaging/reference.php >>> >>> and search for "dpkg --compare-versions". >> >> Got it, thanks! "2.2.0-rc1" does sort higher than the currently >> available 2.0.5 version, > > A related question is what will happen when this thing gets a stable > release? I assume the "2.2.0-rc*" are release-candidates leading up to > an eventual "2.2.0". In terms of sorting, 2.0.0 < 2.2.0-rc1, so if you > use "2.2.0-rc1" now you would have to alter the version of the stable > release ("2.2.0-rel" is a solution I've seen there). Not a problem, > just a heads-up. yup, that's the "final version" (2.2.0) I was thinking of. Does Fink handle tildes? I think the Debian convention is 2.2.0~rc1. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list Fink-devel@lists.sourceforge.net http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.devel Subscription management: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel
