<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
with the modification that when a tool sees an unqualified "X.Y.dev"<br>
or "X.Y.Z.dev" release (i.e. any release where the "dev" immediately<br>
follows the purely numeric component of the version), that should be<br>
reinterpreted as if there was an "a0" component (as in "X.Y.a0.dev" or<br>
"X.Y.Z.a0.dev") between the numeric component and the "dev" component<br>
and sorted accordingly.<br>
<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>this is confusing because there is no form like "X.Y.a0" in pep386? there's this "X.Ya0"</div><div>not sure what's a typo or not here? at first, I was thinking you meant "X.Ydev" and not "X.Y.dev", but not sure now.</div>
<div>the thread from a while back was largely concerned with how to handle the very common "top-level" use of "dev" (i.e. 'X.Ydev')</div><div> </div><div>Marcus</div></div>