Changes between Version 1 and Version 2 of WhenToUseTheStupidTildeInVersionNumbers

Timestamp:

03/12/11 20:30:25 (13 years ago)

Author:

andersk

Comment:

Minor formatting fix

WhenToUseTheStupidTildeInVersionNumbers

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 According to [http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-controlfields.html#s-f-Version Debian Policy]:
 
-  The lexical comparison is a comparison of ASCII values modified so that all the letters sort earlier than all the non-letters and so that a tilde sorts before anything, even the end of a part. For example, the following parts are in sorted order from earliest to latest: ~~, ~~a, ~, the empty part, a.[[BR]]
+  The lexical comparison is a comparison of ASCII values modified so that all the letters sort earlier than all the non-letters and so that a tilde sorts before anything, even the end of a part. For example, the following parts are in sorted order from earliest to latest: `~~`, `~~a`, `~`, the empty part, `a`.[[BR]]
   ...[[BR]]
-  One common use of ~ is for upstream pre-releases. For example, 1.0~beta1~svn1245 sorts earlier than 1.0~beta1, which sorts earlier than 1.0.
+  One common use of `~` is for upstream pre-releases. For example, `1.0~beta1~svn1245` sorts earlier than `1.0~beta1`, which sorts earlier than `1.0`.
 
 A good rule of thumb is that the tilde is generally needed for '''earlier''' (`<<`, `lt`)  and '''later-or-equal''' (`>=`, `ge`) comparisons, and not needed for '''later'''  (`>>`, `gt`) or '''earlier-or-equal''' (`<=`, `le`).