Re: RFS: libjavascript-rpc-perl -- Perl module to process Remote procedure
On Fri, Dec 23, 2005 at 07:51:12AM +1100, Ben Finney wrote:
> On 22-Dec-2005, Justin Pryzby wrote:
> > On Thu, Dec 22, 2005 at 03:30:44PM +0100, Jonas Genannt wrote:
> > > One problem exists,Linda says:
> > > W: libjavascript-rpc-perl; Package version 0.1-1 is less than 0.05-1.
> > Its also a problem since 0.1 >> 0.05
>
> Version strings are not floating-point numbers. Is 0.05 greater than
> 0.0.6?
>
> They are, by convention, interpreted as sequences of integers. Thus,
> version 0.1 is a sequence of the integers [0, 1]. Version 0.05 is the
> sequence of integers [0, 05].
Of course you are right. The leading zero confused me.
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Clear skies,
Justin
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