Re: [Gnu-arch-users] What are version numbers?

[Zack Brown]

On Thu, Sep 11, 2003 at 12:11:38AM +0100, Bruce Stephens wrote:
> Zack Brown <address@hidden> writes:
> > So I suggest converting the naming convention from
> > "category--branch--version" to "category--version--branch". And if
> > you accept my first suggestion as well, it would become
> > "category--series--branch".
> >
> > I think those suggestions taken together preserve the functionality
> > of tla, while adding some good clarity and intuitiveness (downward
> > scalability) to the structure.
> 
> Hmm.  Probably too late, though.

Not really. Just implement both "category--branch--version" and
"category--series--branch", but deprecate the former. tla could detect which
one was in use because "version" (or "series") is composed only of numbers
and periods while "branch" is almost certainly alphabetical.

Older projects could continue to do what they're doing, while newer
projects could use the clearer syntax.

Be well,
Zack

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