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Re: Correct version numbering for pre-Versions?



On Wed, Apr 30, 2003 at 03:05:05PM +0200, Simon Richter wrote:
> > So, as long as upstream hasn't agreed to change this (or even stated
> > they never will), what should I do? In the special case where I came
> > across this, it's even worse: The development versions for to-be 1.2 are
> > numbered 1.2-1 to 1.2-4, and I fear the release will be just 1.2.
> 
> The usual way is using "pre1", "pre2", ..., "rc1", ..., "rel". As a
> matter of fact, this sorts nicely.

Doesn't this have the problem that debian considers 1.2pre1 to be a later
version than 1.2?
-- 
David Roundy
http://www.abridgegame.org

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