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On Tue, Aug 17, 2004 at 08:26:56PM +0200, Oliver Eikemeier wrote:
> epoch 0? 1970-01-01? Or the date vuxml was announced? This would be 
> easier to find than XXX, especially in a rendered version. Or just leave 
> the entry empty.
> 
> Any constant will do, it could be easily rendered to `unknown'. I find a 
> non-constant value (date of entry) a bad choice it is more difficult to 
> test against (and could be correct).

Yes, you are right, we just need a constant string like 'unknown' or
'unspecified'.

> >By way of example, I've been using FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE-p1 == 4.7_1.  I'm
> >not entirely satisfied and I am open to suggestions.  This part has been
> >ill-specified. :-(
> 
> Ehm, __FreeBSD_version? What's bad with that? Documented in the Porters 
> Handbook, and to find out.

__FreeBSD_version is for developers, not users.  Users need to see
actual release numbers.

Cheers,
-- 
Jacques Vidrine / nectar@celabo.org / jvidrine@verio.net / nectar@freebsd.org