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Re: I had a dream
Every external release should (and does) use the standard convention
x.y(.z), of course. We use a different convention like 0.5+ to avoid
confusion between temporary internal versions and external releases.
This was pointed out to me by Mark.
Gerard Jungman writes:
> "Christopher R. Gabriel" wrote:
> >
> > Nope, it's not fine :)) the AM_PATH_GSL macro fails if it don't find a
> > 3 number version. It better to use my solution (IMHO), using
> > $GSL_VERSION as a string concatenation of GSL_MAJOR, _MINOR and
> > _MICRO.
> >
> > What about a 0.5.1 instead of a 0.5+ ?
>
> Indeed. What the hell is 0.5+ supposed to mean anyway?
> Computing on planet Earth is already too confusing;
> can we stick to a standard convention for the version
> numbers please?
>
> --
> G. Jungman
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