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Am Mittwoch, 25. April 2007 schrieb Ciaran McCreesh: |
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> On Tue, 24 Apr 2007 12:31:48 -0700 |
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> "Robin H. Johnson" <robbat2@g.o> wrote: |
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> > printf "_rc%d%04d%02d%02d",$RC,$YEAR,$MONTH,$DAY |
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> Funnily enough... If we're going by PMS drafts, that's illegal |
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> whereas multiple suffixes are legal. PMS permits multiple suffixes, |
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> but limits any individual version component to eight digits to avoid |
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> problems with integer overflows, floating point precision etc. |
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And when PMS specifies that together with a proper way to compare |
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multiple suffixes there will be no problem. |
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This Council decission was to avoid 'existing practice' that might be |
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necessary to include in PMS. |
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Danny |
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Danny van Dyk <kugelfang@g.o> |
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Gentoo/AMD64 Project, Gentoo Scientific Project |
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