Re: Correct version numbering for pre-Versions?

[frank@kuesterei.ch (Frank Küster)]

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

Bye, Frank

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Frank Küster, Biozentrum der Univ. Basel
Abt. Biophysikalische Chemie