Re: m4_version_compare and new version numbering

[Ralf Wildenhues]

* Jim Meyering wrote on Sat, Nov 03, 2007 at 08:45:43AM CET:
> 
> An alternative is to change the format of the version string, like
> git does.  s/-/./g.  They also prepend an alpha ('g') to the SHA1 part.

A small data point: I recall Debian disliking '-' in version strings at
one point in time, because they like to append their own package version
with one or more hyphens.  Dunno how much that matters any more or at
all, or if other distros do similar.

Cheers,
Ralf