Re: [CONCERN] Orgmode version string

[Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>]

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

>
> 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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