From: Chad Perrin <perrin@...>
Date: 2008-09-17T03:34:38+09:00
Subject: Re: 1.9

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On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 11:30:10PM +0900, James Gray wrote:
> On Sep 16, 2008, at 8:21 AM, Gregory Brown wrote:
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> >Matz hates the idea of something like 1.8.10, though I don't exactly =20
> >remember the story about it.  I think it has to do with comparison =20
> >of version numbers as strings, or something else.
>=20
> That's right:
>=20
> >> "1.8.9" < "1.8.10"
> =3D> false

Well, thank goodness I'm not the only person who has noticed this.

I'm not entirely convinced this is the best solution, but . . . whatever.
I'm more interested in the software than the version numbering system,
anyway.

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Chad Perrin [ content licensed PDL: http://pdl.apotheon.org ]
Power corrupts.  The command line corrupts absolutely.

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