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From: Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [PATCH] eapi7-ver.eclass: 'Early adopter' version of EAPI 7 version manip
Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2017 13:13:16
Message-Id: 20170908141303.25eaa01c@snowblower
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [PATCH] eapi7-ver.eclass: 'Early adopter' version of EAPI 7 version manip by "Michał Górny"
1 On Fri, 08 Sep 2017 14:54:10 +0200
2 Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> wrote:
3 > W dniu pią, 08.09.2017 o godzinie 12∶48 +0000, użytkownik Martin Vaeth
4 > napisał:
5 > > Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> wrote:
6 > > > +# 1.2b-alpha4 -> 1 . 2 '' b - alpha '' 4
7 > >
8 > > Is this only to explain the syntax or are there plans to
9 > > extend the allowed versions for pms?
10 >
11 > It only explains how the functions parse stuff (except for ver_test
12 > which uses PMS rules). They are by definition supposed to work with
13 > random upstream versions.
14
15 This sounds like the sort of thing that could go horribly wrong... I
16 didn't design versionator to work with arbitrary messy stuff since the
17 main use is in manipulating Gentoo PV versions. Where are these other
18 versions coming from?
19
20 --
21 Ciaran McCreesh

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