Re: Changing version scheme for the evolution projects

Michael Catanzaro <[email protected]> Fri, 16 Sep 2022 09:43:44 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gnome.desktop
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Fri, Sep 16 2022 at 04:16:33 PM +0200, Jan Alexander Steffens via 
desktop-devel-list <[email protected]> wrote:
> Arch changes prerelease versions as well, but we have to remove the 
> period (40.rc -> 40rc) so that it orders before 40 or 40.0.
> A tilde is handled the same as a period and would not help us.

Oh, sigh. I suppose if different distros have different ordering rules, 
then there is no way to please everyone.