Re: dot five-o series versions - GDB 6.2.50

[Andrew Cagney <cagney at gnu dot org>]

> The only comment I habe is you wouldnt want any more than 4 point releases, before it got confusing.
>
> Because as a number .5 = .50, and .6 is greater than .50
>
> So either the rule should be no more than 4 M.N.* Releases. or when you get to .4, you start going to .41, .42, .43 etc
> or just number from .01 ie 6.3.01  otherwise the sequence isnt numeric, its a list of numbers and wont sort properly (using standard ascii or numberic sorts).

cagney@nettle$ cat x
6.2
6.2.1
6.2.90
6.2.2
6.2.50
6.2.3
6.2.51
6.2.4
6.2.52
6.2.5
6.2.91
6.2.6
6.2.54
6.2.7
6.2.93
6.2.8
6.2.53
6.2.9
6.2.92
6.2.10
cagney@nettle$ sort -t. -k1,1n -k2,2n -k3,3n x
6.2
6.2.1
6.2.2
6.2.3
6.2.4
6.2.5
6.2.6
6.2.7
6.2.8
6.2.9
6.2.10
6.2.50
6.2.51
6.2.52
6.2.53
6.2.54
6.2.90
6.2.91
6.2.92
6.2.93

("n" likes to consume "." which breaks the simpler -k1,3n)

> So basically does .1 mean .01 and if so why not call it .01?

I'm not sure I understand the problem, dot is a field separator rather 
than decimal place.

Andrew