Re: version numbers
On Tue, May 11, 1999 at 11:10:26PM -0500, John Hasler wrote:
> James Mastros writes:
> > Package it as version 1:1.1; next time package as 1:2.0.2, which will
> > give the ordering you're looking for. (The 1: is an "era"; it won't
> > normaly get displayed. Made for just this sort of thing.)
>
> It's an "epoch", I believe. I know about epochs, but I've never seen
> anyone suggest using them without meeting with cries of outrage. Thus I
> would like to avoid them if at all possible.
>
> I am also just a bit astonished by the notion that 1.1 < 1.02.
Numerically this is the same as saying 1.1 < 1.2 or 1.01 < 1.02. Dpkg
is checking numerically, as it should.
Just think about that 1 = 01 = 001 = 0001 ....
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