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Date:      Thu, 19 Apr 2001 17:28:09 -0500
From:      Ade Lovett <ade@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami <asami@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/editors/vim6 Makefile distinfo pkg-plist
Message-ID:  <20010419172809.W76500@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <yfk66g0wpvu.fsf@vader.clickarray.com>; from asami@FreeBSD.org on Thu, Apr 19, 2001 at 02:17:41PM -0700
References:  <200104111956.f3BJukl93003@freefall.freebsd.org> <20010419140501.A253@jive.44bsd.net> <8666g0d8ws.wl@archon.local.idaemons.org> <20010419122255.B29435@dragon.nuxi.com> <20010419123216.A53260@xor.obsecurity.org> <200104191955.f3JJtQV60074@bmah-freebsd-0.cisco.com> <yfk66g0wpvu.fsf@vader.clickarray.com>

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On Thu, Apr 19, 2001 at 02:17:41PM -0700, Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami wrote:
> Of course, it will still break down with 1.0gamma -> 1.0.g sorting
> before 1.0delta -> 1.0.d, but most software only have alpha, beta and
> release candidates (and they all come before real releases, in this
> order). ;)

The other one that's annoying (and unfortunate in that we kind of
use it ourselves) is that, eg:

	1.4rc1 > 1.4

other than gross hacks like 1.3.99 etc.., it's impossible to use
this kind of versioning scheme directly :(

-aDe

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Ade Lovett, Austin, TX.			       ade@FreeBSD.org
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