Re: okteta

[Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%bec.de@localhost>]

On Sun, Aug 20, 2023 at 10:19:57AM -0700, Alistair Crooks wrote:
> 3. While there are numerous things I'd go back and change in the versioning
> stuff were we to do it again, I don't find epochs top of the list -
> regexp parsing, local change indicators, remove some of the 2000-era NetBSD
> abbreviations and hardcoded names, maybe re-think the alpha to numeric
> automatic conversion (seems no longer needed, except maybe current
> openssl), restore the 64-bit integers for each component that were lost
> really early on.

IMO there is only one critical limitation in the current logic that
needs fixing - single level nb patch revisions. That one is an actual
problem when maintaining branches.

Joerg