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From: Jambunathan K <kjambunathan@gmail.com>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Version string (was Re: ELPA Howto)
Date: Fri, 08 Oct 2010 20:56:58 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <81lj68wvc4.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <13824DEB-A43A-4E87-A5DD-84C5965C713C@gmail.com> (Carsten Dominik's message of "Fri, 8 Oct 2010 12:38:43 +0200")


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Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com> writes:

> On Oct 5, 2010, at 1:09 PM, Jambunathan K wrote:
>
>>
>> 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.
>
>
> Hi Jambunthan,
>
> in what places would the version string have to be modified?
> Do I need to change the org.el variable org-version, or the string in
> the VERSION keyword in file headers, or where?
>

From a functional perspective, there is *no need* to modify any of the
el files. One has to just take care that PKG_TAG is a
'version-to-list'-compatible string. The tarball thus generated will be
very much usable.

From a maintenance perspective you might want to move away from 7.01h
convention and adopt a convention that is dictated by elpa. 

Jambunathan K.

> - Carsten
>
>>
>> ,----[ 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'.
>> |
>> | [back]
>> `----
>>
>> Jambunathan K.
>
> - Carsten

      parent reply	other threads:[~2010-10-08 15:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-09-30  7:30 ELPA Howto Jambunathan K
2010-09-30 14:34 ` Jeff Horn
2010-10-02 18:22 ` Eric Schulte
2010-10-03  4:23   ` Jambunathan K
2010-10-04  1:28     ` Eric Schulte
2010-10-04 13:15       ` Eric Schulte
2010-10-20 16:37     ` Bastien
2010-10-20 19:44       ` Jambunathan K
2010-10-20 21:00         ` Eric Schulte
2010-10-04 13:39 ` Carsten Dominik
2010-10-04 17:29   ` Jambunathan K
2010-10-04 18:23   ` Jambunathan K
2010-10-05  2:13     ` Carsten Dominik
2010-10-05 10:11       ` Jambunathan K
2010-10-05 11:09   ` Version string (was Re: ELPA Howto) Jambunathan K
2010-10-08 10:38     ` Carsten Dominik
2010-10-08 11:45       ` Carsten Dominik
2010-10-09  5:27         ` Jambunathan K
2010-10-08 15:26       ` Jambunathan K [this message]

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