Re: glibc_2.0.7pre1-3 uploaded to master

[Dale Scheetz <dwarf@polaris.net>]

On Tue, 3 Mar 1998, Christian Hudon wrote:

> On Tuesday, March 03, Dale Scheetz wrote
> > 
> > Format: 1.5
> > Date: Sun,  1 Mar 1998 19:02:48 -0500
> > Source: glibc
> > Binary: timezones libc6 libc6-pic libc6-dbg locales libc6-doc libc6-dev
> > Architecture: source i386 all
> > Version: 2.0.7pre1-3
> 
> Ugh. There really should be something in the Policy Manual against using
> 'pre'. It doesn't seem to be a widely known fact, but according to dpkg:
> 
> $dpkg --compare-versions 2.0.7pre-3 lt 2.0.7-4 || echo 'Uhoh... 2.0.7pre-4 > 2.0.7-5'
> Huhoh... 2.0.7pre-4 > 2.0.7-5
> 
> Well, I suppose one could use 'rel' instead of an epoch:

I understood this when I did it, and expected to identify the released
version as 2.0.7rel for this very reason.

> 
> $dpkg --compare-versions 2.0.7pre-3 lt 2.0.7rel-1 && echo Everything ok.
> Everything ok.
> 
> But in the future, either dpkg should be changed to understand 'pre'
> correctly or people should be warned against it.
> 
I agree the facts need to be advertised to help avoid the pitfalls, but I
don't see it as a really big deal (although it would be nice if dpkg could
understand this, it isn't really necessary)

Waiting is,

Dwarf
P.S. Please keep me in the CC list on this thread. I am not subscribed to
policy, but would like to keep track of this one.
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