package version scheme

[Xin Li]

On 09/01/15 14:11, Larry Rosenman wrote:
> On 2015-09-01 16:08, Xin Li wrote:
[...]
> I, as sysutils/lsof maintainer, depend on the behavior you see (the >).
> 
> Vic Abell uses the letters as "fixup" releases, until a full release,
> for example;
> 
> 4.89A -> 4.89B -> 4.89C -> 4.89 -> 4.90A -> 4.90B -> 4.90

Yes (note that this is not what I have seen, but what I expect and
documented in the porters' handbook).  For instance:

$ pkg version -t 4.89A 4.89
>
$ pkg version -t 4.89a 4.89
>

Cheers,
-- 
Xin LI <delphij at delphij.net>    https://www.delphij.net/
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