package version scheme

[Larry Rosenman]

On 2015-09-01 16:08, Xin Li wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I hit a conflict between pkg behavior and the Porters' handbook, it
> confused me.
> 
> In this example:
> 
> https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/makefile-distfiles.html#idp59327440
> 
> The handbook suggested that the right PORTVERSION should be 0.7.1.d if
> DISTVERSION is 0.7.1d.
> 
> However, pkg version -t 0.7.1 0.7.1.d gives me >, suggesting that 0.7.1
> -> 0.7.1.d would be considered as a downgrade.
> 
> I'm asking mainly because www/dokuwiki's upstream have a habit of using
> a letter to denote patchlevel, for instance, 20150810a means first
> service pack of 20150810, so it's expected to be greater.
> 
> pkg version -t 20150810 20150810a gives me '<', which is pretty much
> what I'm expecting, but this sounds wrong based on my previous
> experience with package tools and the porters handbook.
> 
> Could you please clarify what would be the correct approach?  For now
> I'm going to continue using PORTREVISION for this port as it's done
> historically.
> 
> Thanks in advance!
> 
> Cheers,
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


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