Ben Pfaff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Ian. The GNU gnulib project is considering adding a function > that would compare strings in the same way that dpkg compares > version numbers, as you can see in the thread here: > http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.gnulib.bugs/14693 > > Is there a chance that you would be willing to contribute to the > FSF the actual code from dpkg for this? (Otherwise, we will > probably have one person write a formal specification for the > version comparison algorithm, and then another person implement > something equivalent from that specification.) > > Thanks, > > Ben.
Hi Ian, Perhaps you didn't see the message quoted above? We're about to re-implement verrevcmp from scratch, but you might be able to save us the trouble. What do you think? Jim
