Re: fixing rc-version-greater-than-expected-version
On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 08:24:57AM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote:
> > $ dpkg --compare-versions 2.0.0-beta6-1 gt 1:2.0.0 && echo $?
> >
> > There are people who do not like epochs - but this is the clean way.
> indeed, I think that using an epoch is a bit too much at the moment.
Could you please explain why you consider epoch as "a bit too much"?
> For
> instance, we do not know how long 2.0.0 will last, as sometimes minor
> corrections are released very shortly after a release, and packages with
> version numbers like 2.0.1 would solve our problem.
>
> I would recommend to ignore the warning until 2.0.0 is released.
In this case version 2.0.0-beta6 users will not notice the final
release. I fail to see your problem in using a technique which was
invented exactly for this purpose.
Kind regards
Andreas.
--
http://fam-tille.de
Reply to: