Bug#1137222: nmu: tetrinetx_1.13.16-22

Adrian Bunk <[email protected]> Tue, 26 May 2026 12:11:06 +0300
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.devel.bugs.general,gmane.linux.debian.devel.dpkg.general
Message-ID <ahVjqvLuiX9ote7_@localhost>
On Tue, May 26, 2026 at 09:28:32AM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote:
>...
> I think it was probably a mistake (my mistake) to treat "0" and "00"
> as equal for version comparison.  That's whaat leads to the
> possibility of different strings comparing equal, leading to the
> distinction between textual-identicalness and equivalence.  But that
> ship has sailed a long time ago.
>...

The problem here is that "" and "0" are treated as equal for version 
comparison.

The opposite semantics might e.g. result in a zero epoch being different 
from no epoch - that would just be a different class of weird corner cases.

> Ian.

cu
Adrian