On Fri, May 07, 2004 at 10:23:42AM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > I personally like the scheme of versioning betas and release > candidates with the previous version '+' the new version. For example > a version 1.1 transitioning to 2.1 with a release candidate named > 2.1rc1 by upstream would not be versioned 2.1rc1. I would version it > 1.1+2.1rc1. I think the version number communicates well what is > happening with the package. Note that after Sarge is released, policy can be changed to allow a version number of 2.1~rc1, which compares as less than 2.1 So from that moment on, you can use the tilde character to have version numbers reflecting pre-releases, which indeed compare as less than the unqualified version number. Incidently, alpha < beta < m[ilestone] < rc, so the most common prerelease versions are well settled for quite naturally. Also within debian revisions, one can use -4~backport2 or -4~test1 or -4~experimental1 as version number for packages not (yet) uploaded to sid. --Jeroen -- Jeroen van Wolffelaar Jeroen@wolffelaar.nl (also for Jabber & MSN; ICQ: 33944357) http://Jeroen.A-Eskwadraat.nl
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