"Standard" version numbers (Re: SYSTEM package contradictions)

[1] says:

"Feature version specification: regular version, serial number
(integer), snapshot date (time_t GMT). Accessors to the feature type
are in the Feature namespace."

What's a "regular version"??? In my porting experience, I learned
there's no way in hell we'll have "regular versions" to use from.

It might be appropriate to just drop the regular version altogether
and use serial numbers/snapshots dates for versioning. Regular
versions could still be used symbolically.

Otherwise we need to define a hardcore version scheme that will not
cause too much trouble. We don't have that in ports right now.

A.

On Sun Jun 02, 2002 at 11:26:39PM -0700, Jordan K Hubbard wrote:
> The package documentation describes the correct behavior.  The 
> implementation only describes what got implemented, and not even 
> correctly. :)
> 
> On Sunday, June 2, 2002, at 07:00PM, The Anarcat wrote:
> 
> >4- what is the format of the "standard revision" feature element? x.y?
> >x.y,z? And in any case, how should be interpreted the version of the
> >FreeBSD (or OSNAME) feature?


Footnotes: 
[1]  http://usw4.freebsd.org/~libh/sysinstall2/x111.html

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