Forum: CFEngine Help Subject: Re: rpm_version package provider Author: mikesphar Link to topic: https://cfengine.com/forum/read.php?3,27409,27431#msg-27431
neilhwatson Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I could kick whoever decided to use version > numbers that are not numbers. This is a number > 2.334. This is not a number 3.4.3. Programmers > are supposed to be good a math. What possesses > them to commit such atrocities I do not know. Long ago, in a similar discussion with a developer, he at some point smiled at me and raised a finger and said "Aha, but they are not version numbers, they are version *strings*." _______________________________________________ Help-cfengine mailing list Help-cfengine@cfengine.org https://cfengine.org/mailman/listinfo/help-cfengine
