Re: Correct version numbering for pre-Versions?
On Sat, May 03, 2003 at 04:59:57PM +0200, Frank Küster wrote:
> David Roundy <droundy@abridgegame.org> schrieb:
>> 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?
> Yes, it has. That's why I was asking:
> frank@alhambra:~$ dpkg --compare-versions hello-1.2 ge hello-1.2pre1; echo $?
> 1
That's why Simon suggested to use 1.2rel instead of "1.2"
cu andreas
Reply to: