Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Arbitrary version names

[Esben Mose Hansen]

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On Tuesday 17 August 2004 10:53, Robin Green wrote:


> No. Arbitrary version strings are not allowed because the purpose of
> arch versions is that they should have a well-defined total order
> for sorting. It is impossible to sort arbitrary version strings
> correctly.

Gentoo's portage does a pretty nice job in this regard. Maybe worth a look? If 
I remember correctly, I wasn't all that much code. And it is a nuisance when 
tracking other projects which are not under such restrictions, such as KDE 
(currently 3.3rc2).

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regards, Esben

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