Re: version numbering
On Fri, Aug 19, 2005 at 12:52:41AM +0200, martin f krafft wrote:
> also sprach Lars Bahner <bahner@debian.org> [2005.08.18.2346 +0200]:
> > Upstream names the betas for 0.7.3.3 as 0.7.3.3.b1-b30 - as you no
> > doubt already guessed.
> This is why we now have the ~ operator.
Is that ready for use?
> > So now that there is no beta-versioning, the installer sees this
> > as a lower number. I could of cource number the package as
> > 0.7.3.3.c or 0.7.3.3.final, but I was wondering what The Right
> > Thing To Do would be.
>
> I think you have to resort to an epoch. Using 0.7.3.3.final seems
> okay to me too. I don't think there is a Right Way.
".final" is about the best there is.
Hamish
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