On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 09:40:33 +0200, Damyan Ivanov wrote: > > 2) I'm a bit confused because on the one hand you don't object to > > this recommended pattern, and on the other hand I think I saw some > > commit messages today where you removed the underline from the > > allowed characters. > > > > I guess we have to decide if we want the developer version or not :) > > I decided against this in some particuar case. As the developer version > that existed at the time was not worth the attention. So I concluded > that developer versions are directed to testers etc, not to a stable > Debian release. Ok. > Whether this applies to all developer releases on CPAN is something I am > not sure so I see accepting underscore in the version in the general > case as a way to accumulate more data points so we can have a decision > based on more information. Good, so we can leave the _ by default to catch the developer releases, and decide per package if we use them, and maybe remove the underscore on a per-package basis if the developer versions are not interesting for us. Cheers, gregor -- .''`. http://info.comodo.priv.at/ | gpg key ID: 0x00F3CFE4 : :' : debian: the universal operating system - http://www.debian.org/ `. `' member of https://www.vibe.at/ | how to reply: http://got.to/quote/ `- NP: Bob Dylan: Most likely you go your way an
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