Danek Duvall wrote: >>> Is there a 1.1 version that's different from 1.01? >> Not yet, nor is there a 1.10 yet. > > Though trailing zeroes are significant. That's ten, not a different way of > writing one.
Is it? In normal numerical representation, "1.1" and "1.10" are the same value, while "1.01" is a very different value. I understand the approach you're taking, but reasonable people might use a more mathematical approach. I bet there's more than a few packages for which 1.09 is the experimental release immediately before 1.1. Forcing a particular version numbering strategy might well be appropriate, but will need to be documented very clearly. What about branching? If you and I are are both independently making changes to v1.0, traditionally we might reasonably end up with 1.0jb and 1.0dd, or even 1.0jb-3 or more complex variants. Note that 1.0jb and 1.0dd can't be compared; there is no newer-older relationship between them. I don't have the answers. Version naming is a minefield. _______________________________________________ pkg-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-discuss
