Ben Finney wrote:
Gerry Reno <gr...@verizon.net> writes:
We have an application, foo-5.0.0, and we want to put out some
pre-release candidates for testing, so we set the version to
"5.0.0_rc1" in setup.py.
That's where your problems start (as you no doubt surmised). If you
want version numbers to compare in a certain order, you should name
them so that the version string will trivially compare in that order.
In many instances we don't get to make that decision when we join
projects already in motion. Otherwise, I would not have bothered to
post the problem to the list. The fact is that many applications use
version string constructs such as I illustrated, "5.0.0_rc1" when they
create their release candidates. And yes, the final release, "5.0.0",
is not lexically superior. But, as much as I might like that everyone
would not do this, I cannot change the whole world which has developed a
habit of such things. So I am looking for a solution that works with
the world as it is.
Regards,
Gerry
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