Re: Release rules Was: Re: [Monotone-devel] conflicts store vs show_conflicts

[Hendrik Boom]

On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 11:46:49PM -0500, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 05:28:23PM -0600, Timothy Brownawell wrote:
> > On 11/22/2010 09:43 AM, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> >> This if we add ~dev7 to version number 1.1, we'll get version 1.1~dev7,
> >> which will sort before version 1.1
> >>
> >> This sounds like the numbering system we're looking for.
> >>
> >> Of course, this isn't the *entire* comparison alrorithm. There's also
> >> an epoch and a Debian-specific attachment to the verison number.  Check
> >> the link above for further details.
> >
> > Yep, that would be ideal except it looks like rpm-based distros don't  
> > support it.
> 
> Maybe we should log a bug against rpm itself.

Maybe we should first find out what the actual specifications are for 
version numbers in rpm.

-- hendrik