[debbugs-tracker] bug#28446: closed (address@hidden should select 4.1.x, not 4.13.x)

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regarding address@hidden should select 4.1.x, not 4.13.x
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> Wed, 13 Sep 2017 11:07:32 -0400
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> Currently, the package specification "address@hidden" selects version
> 4.13.  It should instead select version 4.1.
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> Hello,
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> Mark H Weaver <address@hidden> skribis:
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> > Ricardo Wurmus <address@hidden> writes:
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> >>> Currently, the package specification "address@hidden" selects version
> >>> 4.13.  It should instead select version 4.1.
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> >> We consider everthing following the address@hidden a version string prefix.  
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> >> versions are arbitrary strings “4.1” is considered a valid prefix of
> >> “4.13”.  If a user supplied the version string “4.1.” they would get the
> >> appropriate package.
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> I pushed a fix that I think does what we want as
> 348987d3d12ebaf11fdbcc3dbd56585e7d69a1f5.
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> Basically ‘version-prefix?’ splits a version string at dots and compares
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> Thanks,
> Ludo’.
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