Re: libc6_2.0.7 release notes...
On 27 Jun 1998, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> Hi,
> >>"Lalo" == Lalo Martins <lalo@webcom.com> writes:
>
> >> Placement of pre-epoch is an irrelevant implementation detail.
>
> Lalo> Actually, no. If they're in the right side of the upstream
> Lalo> version, dpkg can keep the current left-to-right algo. However,
> Lalo> the most important reason for putting them to the right is
> Lalo> clarity; different from epochs, pre-epochs _should_ be shown in
> Lalo> dselect, and having them in the right makes the user see them
> Lalo> for what they are.
>
> Actually, Jason came up with a superior suggestion: let a
> character (illegal in the current policy) be chosen to be a character
> that sorts lower than anything else. (the current contender is ~)
> This char can be placed anywhere in the version --
>
> 2.0.8~pre1 sorts higher than 2.0.7;
> 2.0.8~pre1 sorts lower than 2.0.8;
>
> It can even be used multiple times in the version:
> 2.0.8~pre1~1 sorts lower than 2.0.8~pre1;
>
> No special "epoch" semantics; `~' just hasspecial sort
> semantics in that it sort lower than anything (even lower than
> nothing)
>
> I like that ;-)
>
I like this too, as it resolves the only problem with my last proposal, in
that it makes "reasonable" source tarball version numbers.
Thanks guys!
Dwarf
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