Bug#163696: ITP: libsort-versions-perl -- Perl module for sorting of revision (and similar) numbers

[Ken Pronovici <pronovic@skyjammer.com>]

Package: wnpp
Version: N/A; reported 2002-10-07
Severity: wishlist

* Package name    : libsort-versions-perl
  Version         : 1.4
  Upstream Author : Kenneth J. Albanowski
* URL             : http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/Sort/
* License         : Same as Perl
  Description     : Perl module for sorting of revision (and similar) numbers

  Copyright statement:

   All files in this package are Copyright (c) 1996, Kenneth J. Albanowski.
   All rights reserved.  This program is free software; you can
   redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

  Full Description:

    This is the CPAN Perl module Sort::Versions.
    
    This module allows easy sorting (via comparisons) of mixed text
    and numeric strings, similar to the complex "version numbers" that
    many revision control packages and shared library systems use. For
    an explanation of the algorithm, it's easiest to look at these
    examples:
    
       1.1   <  1.2
       1.1a  <  1.2
       1.1   <  1.1.1
       1.1   <  1.1a
       1.1.a <  1.1a
       1     <  a
       a     <  b
       1     <  2
    
       (special handling for leading zeros)
       0002  <  1
       1.06  <  1.5
    
       (a hyphen binds looser than a period)
       1-1 < 1-2
       1-2 < 1.2

-- System Information
Debian Release: 3.0
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux skyjammer 2.2.19pre17 #1 Tue Mar 13 22:37:59 EST 2001 i586
Locale: LANG=en, LC_CTYPE=en_US