Release Team BoF Summary

[Scott Kitterman]

Heinz Wiesinger <HMWiesinger at liwjatan.at> wrote:

>On Sunday 15 July 2012 14:56:17 Sune Vuorela wrote:
>> On 2012-07-15, Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto <jmbsvicetto at gentoo.org>
>wrote:
>> > So, can you please use "-" and not "~". The "-" character has a
>> > special meaning on versions for us. The "~" character can cause
>issues
>> > for us, as we use it when specifying dependencies on other packages
>as
>> > a "fuzzy version dependency".
>> 
>> So. Bottom line here is that if '-' (dash) is used to separate
>version
>> from 'prerelease string', the debian and ubuntu and modern rpm land
>will
>> have to fudge the versions.
>
>Slackware will have to replace the '-' as well, usually with a '_' 
>(underscore). No technical issues with the tilde.

Which (the last several replies), I think  highlights nicely why, whatever is displayed, it's best if the underlying technical version number should be strictly numeric/decimal.

Scott K