Re: m4_version_compare and new version numbering

[Andreas Schwab]

Jim Meyering <address@hidden> writes:

> I want to know the motivation.  I.e., if there are tools that mishandle
> a component that starts with a digit but contains non-digits, then using
> all '.'s is no longer a question of appearances;  it's a necessity.

I can only speculate, but the sha1 can be all-numeric, and the g prefix
makes sure it's not parsed as a number.

Andreas.

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