Re: Bug#1137222: nmu: tetrinetx_1.13.16-22
On Tue, May 26, 2026 at 09:28:32AM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote:
>...
> I think it was probably a mistake (my mistake) to treat "0" and "00"
> as equal for version comparison. That's whaat leads to the
> possibility of different strings comparing equal, leading to the
> distinction between textual-identicalness and equivalence. But that
> ship has sailed a long time ago.
>...
The problem here is that "" and "0" are treated as equal for version
comparison.
The opposite semantics might e.g. result in a zero epoch being different
from no epoch - that would just be a different class of weird corner cases.
> Ian.
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Adrian
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