[Orgmode] Version string (was Re: ELPA Howto)

[Jambunathan K]

In the context of ELPA packages, I think there might be a need to
revisit how orgmode's version string is defined.

For example, 7.01h wouldn't be successfully parsed by (version-to-list
...) which the package manager uses internally.

So 7.01h could be mapped to 7.0.1.8 or 7.1.8.

,----[ C-h f version-to-list RET ]
| version-to-list is a compiled Lisp function in `subr.el'.
| 
| (version-to-list VER)
| 
| Convert version string VER into an integer list.
| 
| The version syntax is given by the following EBNF:
| 
|    VERSION ::= NUMBER ( SEPARATOR NUMBER )*.
| 
|    NUMBER ::= (0|1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9)+.
| 
|    SEPARATOR ::= `version-separator' (which see)
|              | `version-regexp-alist' (which see).
| 
| The NUMBER part is optional if SEPARATOR is a match for an element
| in `version-regexp-alist'.
| 
| As an example of valid version syntax:
| 
|    1.0pre2   1.0.7.5   22.8beta3   0.9alpha1   6.9.30Beta
| 
| As an example of invalid version syntax:
| 
|    1.0prepre2   1.0..7.5   22.8X3   alpha3.2   .5
| 
| As an example of version convertion:
| 
|    String Version    Integer List Version
|    "1.0.7.5"         (1  0  7 5)
|    "1.0pre2"         (1  0 -1 2)
|    "1.0PRE2"         (1  0 -1 2)
|    "22.8beta3"       (22 8 -2 3)
|    "22.8Beta3"       (22 8 -2 3)
|    "0.9alpha1"       (0  9 -3 1)
|    "0.9AlphA1"       (0  9 -3 1)
|    "0.9alpha"        (0  9 -3)
| 
| See documentation for `version-separator' and `version-regexp-alist'.
| 
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Jambunathan K.