On Fri, Nov 10, 2006 at 10:33:28AM +0000, Nik Clayton wrote: > Luke Kanies wrote: > >*I* don't mind. Ruby doesn't mind. But oh now, RubyGems declares that > >I cannot have a version number that looks like that: > > > >Malformed version number string 0.20.0-svn > > Not to diminish your hate, but that's a pretty poor version number. For a > start, You need special knowledge to compare it against other version > numbers.
Perhaps I have been poisoned by dpkg, but the sort order of such a version number seems obvious to me. I suppose it might be wrong though. I can't put my finger on why I hate build numbers so much. It seems like somehow they end up replacing normal version numbers, and then you're stuck with the same crap like giving your social security number to identify yourself to a bank. -josh
