From 6c6914c646c4ade95dd737788b30ffde871c9661 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nick Mathewson Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2011 15:00:36 -0400 Subject: Clarify what "alphabetical" and "lexical" mean to us. Spotted by Robert Ransom --- version-spec.txt | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'version-spec.txt') diff --git a/version-spec.txt b/version-spec.txt index 265717f..b017335 100644 --- a/version-spec.txt +++ b/version-spec.txt @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ release. If the tag ends with "-cvs" or "-dev", you're looking at a development snapshot that came after a given release. If we *do* encounter two versions that differ only by status tag, we compare them - lexically. + lexically as ASCII byte strings. Now, we start each development branch with (say) 0.1.1.1-alpha. The patchlevel increments consistently as the status tag changes, for -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf