Re: libc6_2.0.7 release notes...
Philip Hands writes:
> ydirson@mygale.org said:
> > Dale Scheetz writes:
> > > In the mean time, unless anyone can object within the next several
> > > hours, I will construct and upload a new release of glibc with the
> > > version number: 2.0.7r-1
>
> > I would advise for 2.0.7final instead. IMHO 2.0.7r looks much like an
> > additional patch-level.
>
> Um. f comes before p in the alphabet, whereas r comes after p.
>
> 2.0.7final < 2.0.7pre < 2.0.7r
Aïe, where did I leave my head...
Craig Sanders writes:
> On Tue, 23 Jun 1998, Philip Hands wrote:
>
> > Yann Dirson wrote:
> > > Craig Sanders writes:
> > > > how about using "2.07pre8-1", "2.07pre8-2", and so on for the
> > > > next set of glibc pre-releases?
> > >
> > > Seems like it doesn't work:
> > >
> > > $ dpkg --compare-versions 2.07pre8-1 '<<' 2.0.8 && echo yes || echo
> > > no no
> >
> > You missed a dot out of the first one (should be 2.0.7pre8-1)
> >
> > I'd go and get some sleep, or a coffee, if I were you, Yann ;-)
Well, according to the clock, coffee would be the better choice ;)
But for this point, the error you spotted was not the real one ;) It
was intended to be:
$ dpkg --compare-versions 2.07pre8-1 '<<' 2.0.7 && echo yes || echo no
no
> actually, it was me who forgot the . before the 7. Yann just copied my
> mistake.
>
> after looking at some of the other comments, i'd change my suggestion to
Ah, with this I understand better...
> any of the similar suggestions would be fine too. the exact form doesn't
> matter, as long as it a) works :) and b) the meaning of the version number
> is fairly clear.
Well, I don't find this solution very (visually) clear either... but
yes, it's only for pre-releases.
> whatever format is chosen, it should be put in policy so that we don't
> have to figure it all out again in future, and also document a new
> standard/convention.
That's the purpose of the "dpkg and alpha/beta versioning" thread in
debian-policy. You're welcomed there.
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