Re: Automake 1.6b available and the version numbering issue

[Alexandre Duret-Lutz <duret_g at lrde dot epita dot fr>]

>>> "Respond" == Respond To List Only <discard@chickenandporn.com> writes:

 Respond> ...and how *is* the logic for 1.6b compared to 1.6.3 ?  Is that like
 Respond> 1.(6.2).0 > 1.6.3 ?

Here is how this logic is documented in the source.
(Automake contains a comparison function for its version numbers,
maybe you could consider reusing it.)

# A version is a string that looks like
#   MAJOR.MINOR[.MICRO][ALPHA][-FORK]
# where
#   MAJOR, MINOR, and MICRO are digits, ALPHA is a character, and
# FORK any alphanumeric word.
# Usually, ALPHA is used to label alpha releases or intermediate snapshots,
# FORK is used for CVS branches or patched releases, and MICRO is used
# for bug fixes releases on the MAJOR.MINOR branch.
#
# For the purpose of ordering, 1.4 is the same as 1.4.0, but 1.4g is
# the same as 1.4.99g.  The FORK identifier is ignored in the
# ordering, except when it looks like -pMINOR[ALPHA]: some versions
# were labelled like 1.4-p3a, this is the same as an alpha release
# labelled 1.4.3a.  Yes it's horrible, but Automake did not support
# two-dot versions in the past.
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Alexandre Duret-Lutz