Re: [CONCERN] Orgmode version string

From: Jambunathan K <kjambunathan@gmail.com>
To: Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [CONCERN] Orgmode version string
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 18:36:23 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <811v79f8s0.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E35B68D7-33D9-4BF2-B3E2-A81678A0C782@gmail.com> (Carsten Dominik's message of "Thu, 28 Oct 2010 23:57:46 +0200")

Carsten

> Hi Jambunathan,
>
> On Oct 28, 2010, at 2:40 PM, Jambunathan K wrote:
>
>>
>> I have every reason to believe that upcoming version of Org would be
>> tagged as 7.02. Earlier I had argued that version strings be
>> version-to-list compatible. I would like to reiterate it.
>>
>> My real concern is that 7.02 would be deemed as equivalent to 7.2
>> internally by the versioning subsystem and this is likely to clash
>> with
>> user's point of view. A user would *definitely* assume 7.02 as
>> different
>> from 7.2 and in all probability swear that former is inferior to the
>> later.
>
> (version-to-list "7.02")  -> (7 2)
> (version-to-list "7.20")  -> (7 20)
>
> so it seems to me that if we keep two-digit numbers, there will be no
> problem at all.
>
> #+begin_src emacs-lisp
>  (version-list-= (version-to-list "7.02") (version-to-list "7.20"))
> #+end_src
>
> - Carsten
>

Now that release-7.02 is out, I am a bit disappointed that a ELPA-tar
named org-7.02.tar would be unusable.

The reason is "7.02" doesn't round-trip well and package manager is
allergic to such a choice. Verify this for yourself.

#+begin_src emacs-lisp
 (package-version-join (version-to-list "7.02"))
#+end_src

If you don't mind sharing, I am curious what made you still go with 7.02
scheme.

Jambunathan K.

>>
>> Please confirm what I am saying by evalling this:
>>
>> #+begin_src emacs-lisp
>>  (version-list-= (version-to-list "7.02") (version-to-list "7.2"))
>> #+end_src
>>
>> Ignore this mail if it is already taken care of. Needless to say, I
>> have
>> ELPA-tarballs in mind when I say this.
>>
>> Jambunathan K.
>>
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