Re: Version strings for backports
Nikita V. Youshchenko wrote:
>> Nikita V. Youshchenko wrote:
>>
>>>> Daniel Baumann wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Nikita V. Youshchenko wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Maybe ~bpo31-N / ~bpo40-N ?
>>>>>>
>>>>> i like ~bpo.$suite.$int better, e.g. ~bpo.sarge.1 or ~bpo.etch.1
>>>>>
>>>> If I may contribute, I think more people are familiar with the names
>>>> (sarge, etch, ...) than the versions (3.1, 4.0, ...). Also the names are
>>>> clear, whereas looking at the package file, numbers add another mystery
>>>> for many.
>>>>
>>> Problem is that numeric versions do compare correctly, while names don't.
>>>
>> Yes, until we reach version 10.0.
>>
> Huh?
> Try dpkg --compare-versions 1.1-1~bpo90.1 lt 1.1-1~bpo100.1 && echo true
>
I'm sorry, still have much to learn.
>> I'm not aware the filenames are to compare somewhere.
>>
> Huh?
> Since when package version strings are not compared?
>
I thought the etch and sarge backports are different release series that
can hardly mix somewhere together. If it is not true, please just ignore
my comments, I know I'm unexperienced in deb management, just using it.
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