Le vendredi 23 mars 2007 à 16:36 -0400, Fernando Nasser a écrit :
Tom's text implies that if you take that route (alphas in versions) you are sure that the upstream guys are not doing that and that is only a single letter minor differentiator (i.e., it is just a single letter license indicator, a upward moving sequence like a,b,c...).
If that cannot be guaranteed or the string is not that trivial, there is the use of releases similar to what is done for pre-release tags.
Are you suggesting that the text should be more emphatic w.r.t. the risks of taking the first route, perhaps?
We've seen time and time again upstreams do not consider themselves bound by any sanity rule when using letters/words. Any letter part in versions should be a red flag.