Jonathan Perkin <jperkin%joyent.com@localhost> writes: >> > I prefer "pre" or "rc" described in pkgsrc/mk/help/distname.help . >> > For example, 0pre20160618. >> >> Wow, this idea is so simple and effective that I'd like to document it >> as the "official way" in the pkgsrc guide. >> >> Any objections? > > I like it, but one thing to be aware of is that it doesn't support the > "foo>=0" style of DEPENDS as used by quite a few packages. Arguably it does; foo >=0 is not true for an unreleased version before 0. But as Joerg says, use o this pattern seems like a bug. Either there is some version for which you need to be >=, or you just need it and there's no need to give a >=. So >=0 when there is not a released 0 is wrong.
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