On Tuesday 2018-10-09 06:25, Simon Lees wrote:
On 02/10/2018 01:39, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
This means, that for Python, "1.0.0rc2" is a lower version than "1.0.0" while for DPKG/RPM, "1.0.0rc2" is actually higher than "1.0.0".
Which was a sensible decision at the time, because of openssl versions like 0.9.8 and 0.9.8i, and Python being practically non-existent. The real problem though, is ... people. For millenia, they needlessy have been complicating the number axis of a particular counting system by adding downgrade specifiers such as "quarter to four", "two dozen eggs minus one", and ultimately "1.0 rc 2", when they ought to have known better and use 15:45, 23, and 0.99orsomething.2.
Since lots of Python packages with the rc-suffix exist, I assume there is a consensus in openSUSE on how to map Python RC versions to RPM RC versions, isn't there?
Debian introduced ~, so surely they mandate its use, do they not? openSUSE copied ~, so copied the mandate. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-packaging+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-packaging+owner@opensuse.org