Re: [exim-dev] [exim-cvs] Changed version comparison to be string based

2012-10-27 Thread Alain Williams
On Sat, Oct 27, 2012 at 10:32:50AM +0100, Nigel Metheringham wrote: > Problem is version numbers are hard, and people tend to have, say, > 5.00_RC1 5.00 5.00.01 - and they need to sort in that order; and thats > before you go completely pathological. > > I'll hack together a better version compar

Re: [exim-dev] [exim-cvs] Changed version comparison to be string based

2012-10-27 Thread Nigel Metheringham
Phil Pennock wrote: > On 2012-10-26 at 22:17 +0100, Exim Git Commits Mailing List wrote: >> Author: Nigel Metheringham > >> Changed version comparison to be string based > > Deoh! Sorry. :( > > I loath every part of Perl's version numbering and comparison operators > and it's what fi