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From: Paul Smith <pausmith@××××××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-dev] Version #s with letters embedded
Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2004 16:53:25
Message-Id: 16581.61165.212323.551035@lemming.engeast.baynetworks.com
1 Hi all;
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3 Is there some recommended way to deal with version #'s that have letters
4 embedded in them? I know that ebuild syntax supports a trailing letter
5 but what to do about a letter inside the version?
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7 One camp here wants to convert them into an ASCII number, so something
8 like:
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10 1.0a.5
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12 would be translated to:
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14 1.0.097.5
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16 or something. Another camp wants to migrate the "a" to the end, like
17 this:
18
19 1.0.5a
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21 Neither of these are very nice.
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24 Any other ideas?
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28 Paul D. Smith <psmith@××××××××××××××.com> HASMAT: HA Software Mthds & Tools
29 "Please remain calm...I may be mad, but I am a professional." --Mad Scientist
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Re: [gentoo-dev] Version #s with letters embedded Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o>