Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 23:09:07 -0400 From: The Anarcat <anarcat@anarcat.ath.cx> To: Alexander Langer <alex@big.endian.de> Cc: Alexander Langer <alex@rtp1.SlowBlink.Com>, freebsd-libh@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Package versionning (was: cvs commit: libh/lib/sysinstall Feature.cc) Message-ID: <20020927030906.GD44033@lenny.anarcat.ath.cx> In-Reply-To: <20020926223814.GF47655@fump.kawo2.rwth-aachen.de> References: <20020926155153.GC47655@fump.kawo2.rwth-aachen.de> <D808D41E-D171-11D6-949F-0050E4A0BB3F@anarcat.ath.cx> <20020926223814.GF47655@fump.kawo2.rwth-aachen.de>
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--W5WqUoFLvi1M7tJE Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri Sep 27, 2002 at 12:38:14AM +0200, Alexander Langer wrote: > Thus spake Antoine Beaupre (anarcat@anarcat.ath.cx): >=20 > > Also, if the regular version is purely advisory, people are going to be= =20 > > *really* confused when they'll see that > > ls-1.1 > ls-1.2 >=20 > People also will be confused if they expect to see a package xv-3.10a > installed, but can't find them, just because we forbid letters... > That's what I wanted to circumvent. I understand that. I don't think it's that much of a problem. I usually look for "that xv package" and not "xv-3.10a". =20 My problem is mostly that if we start by letting letters in, the comparison gets harder to define, and becomes undeterminate. We can't follow or generalize all package versionning in a single one, IMHO. Then again, most package versions in the ports collection *are* comparable. xcdroast-0.98.a.10/ xmbmon-107p1/ xpm-3.4k/ I guess we could revert back to allowing characters in versions, it would, however, be a PITA to implement. A. --=20 Stop the bombings. Stop the murders. Anti-war. --W5WqUoFLvi1M7tJE Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE9k8vSttcWHAnWiGcRAmYTAKCMGB+4YUJ7mKhj72/xPPS6ptnRhgCfVJhN fP1ZoV5sdi8D6/s02T3TPk4= =QmDC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --W5WqUoFLvi1M7tJE-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-libh" in the body of the message
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