11 Dec
1998
11 Dec
'98
12:31 p.m.
M.-A. Lemburg wrote:
... So basically all that's needed is to be able to compare the version numbers of packages within a release sequence. It doesn't matter whether they use numbers and dots, words or dates.
Trying to automate compatibility checks by only using version numbers isn't really a feasable approach, IMHO. This will always remain a manual and errorprone process...
I very much agree, which is why I posted my view on the rules we can use for comparing them. The code I posted returns tuples which should be directly comparable. I believe they define a good ordering, but it would also take a bit of review to see what happens when elements are inserted/removed (e.g. the a2 at the end of 1.5.2a2) -g -- Greg Stein, http://www.lyra.org/