package version scheme

[Xin Li]

On 09/01/15 14:16, Xin Li wrote:
> 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

Sorry I misread your email.  Yes, the behavior of DISTVERSION ->
PORTVERSION derivation was correct for lsof case, and the . in porters'
handbook is for this exact usage.

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