Philip Hands writes: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > > Dale Scheetz writes: > > > In the mean time, unless anyone can object within the next several > > > hours, I will construct and upload a new release of glibc with the > > > version number: 2.0.7r-1 > > > I would advise for 2.0.7final instead. IMHO 2.0.7r looks much like an > > additional patch-level. > > Um. f comes before p in the alphabet, whereas r comes after p. > > 2.0.7final < 2.0.7pre < 2.0.7r
Aïe, where did I leave my head... Craig Sanders writes: > On Tue, 23 Jun 1998, Philip Hands wrote: > > > Yann Dirson wrote: > > > Craig Sanders writes: > > > > how about using "2.07pre8-1", "2.07pre8-2", and so on for the > > > > next set of glibc pre-releases? > > > > > > Seems like it doesn't work: > > > > > > $ dpkg --compare-versions 2.07pre8-1 '<<' 2.0.8 && echo yes || echo > > > no no > > > > You missed a dot out of the first one (should be 2.0.7pre8-1) > > > > I'd go and get some sleep, or a coffee, if I were you, Yann ;-) Well, according to the clock, coffee would be the better choice ;) But for this point, the error you spotted was not the real one ;) It was intended to be: $ dpkg --compare-versions 2.07pre8-1 '<<' 2.0.7 && echo yes || echo no no > actually, it was me who forgot the . before the 7. Yann just copied my > mistake. > > after looking at some of the other comments, i'd change my suggestion to Ah, with this I understand better... > any of the similar suggestions would be fine too. the exact form doesn't > matter, as long as it a) works :) and b) the meaning of the version number > is fairly clear. Well, I don't find this solution very (visually) clear either... but yes, it's only for pre-releases. > whatever format is chosen, it should be put in policy so that we don't > have to figure it all out again in future, and also document a new > standard/convention. That's the purpose of the "dpkg and alpha/beta versioning" thread in debian-policy. You're welcomed there. -- Yann Dirson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Stop making M$-Bill richer & richer, isp-email: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | support Debian GNU/Linux: debian-email: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | more powerful, more stable ! http://www.mygale.org/~ydirson/ | Check <http://www.debian.org/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
