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[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #55798] Support octave packages with "-dev" in
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Colin Macdonald |
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[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #55798] Support octave packages with "-dev" in version |
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Thu, 28 Feb 2019 15:45:32 -0500 (EST) |
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Summary: Support octave packages with "-dev" in version
Project: GNU Octave
Submitted by: cbm
Submitted on: Thu 28 Feb 2019 08:45:31 PM UTC
Category: Documentation
Severity: 3 - Normal
Priority: 5 - Normal
Item Group: Documentation
Status: None
Assigned to: None
Originator Name:
Originator Email:
Open/Closed: Open
Discussion Lock: Any
Release: dev
Operating System: Any
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Details:
TL;DR:
How would you feel about changing [1] to say:
Version
- Version of the package. A package version must be 3 numbers separated by
dots.
+ Version of the package. A package version is usually 3 numbers separated
by dots.
[1] https://octave.org/doc/v5.1.0/The-DESCRIPTION-File.html:
- - - - - -
It's always bothered me that DESCRIPTION doesn't seem to allow versions like
"0.7.0-dev".
I just tried using "0.7.0-dev". Nothing horrible happened:
Package Name | Version | Installation directory
--------------------+-----------+-----------------------
bsltl | 1.1.1 | /home/cbm/octave/bsltl-1.1.1
control | 3.1.0 | /home/cbm/octave/control-3.1.0
doctest *| 0.7.0-dev | /home/cbm/octave/doctest-0.7.0-dev
general | 2.1.0 | /home/cbm/octave/general-2.1.0
A quick look at the code of pkg.m suggests it uses "compare_versions", which
does something with such strings:
octave:18> compare_versions ('0.7.0-dev', '0.7.0', '>')
ans = 1
octave:19> compare_versions ('0.7.0', '0.7.0-dev', '<=')
ans = 1
octave:20> compare_versions ('0.7.1', '0.7.0-dev', '>')
ans = 1
I personally prefer the semantics that 0.7.0-dev comes before 0.7.0 but I
could certainly live with the above.
Benefits:
- users would be able to try a dev version and later upgrade automatically
when the package release came.
- devs would be able to trust "pkg list" output in bug reports.
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