Re: Summary[2]: dpkg and alpha/beta versioning
Wichert Akkerman writes:
> Previously Rob Browning wrote:
> > All that said, I think "-" has problems. As Jason mentioned, we may
> > not want to have:
> >
> > 1.1 < 1.1-1
> >
> > and, as Adrian pointed out, I agree that it is somewhat hard to parse
> > visually.
>
> What about 1.1 < 1.1--1 ? (ie repeating the - to get the two meanings:
> the first as a seperator, the second as a negative-sign). We don't even
> have to modify dpkg to do that IIRC..
Hey, could someone please explain what a *negative* meaning would be
good for ? I think I already argumented against that earlier in this
tread (or was it a private mail to Jason ?), but so far I read no
arguments *in favor of* this.
Now that I'm back, I'll happilly go on summarizing pros and cons, but
that'll still need some input from others ;)
Regards,
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