FreeTDS Development Group

["Castellano, Nicholas" <Nicholas_Castellano AT acml.com>]

Just guessing here...probably their HEAD follows a linear progression 1.4 ->
1.4a -> 1.4b and so on, with the letter indicating a particular snapshot
point in the development process.  Then the release branchpoint at 1.4 goes
1.4 -> 1.4.1 -> 1.4.2 to indicate bug fixes pulled up and distributed from
the release branch.  This is a fairly common way to handle development vs.
release numbering in open source projects.

Cheers,
--nick

-----Original Message-----
From: bounce-freetds-145195 AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
[mailto:bounce-freetds-145195 AT franklin.oit.unc.edu] 
Sent: Friday, October 18, 2002 11:13 AM
To: TDS Development Group
Subject: [freetds] Re: libtoolize mai tai time


> From: Castellano, Nicholas [mailto:Nicholas_Castellano AT acml.com]
> Sent: October 18, 2002 9:46 AM
> 
> Can you try updating your libtool?  You may be experiencing a
> bug in the version you're running.  

Well, probably, unless there's a bug in the person running it.  

You have 
        libtoolize (GNU libtool) 1.4a

I have 1.4.2 (last stable release).  OK, tonight I'll install 1.4a and see
if that makes a difference.  Gadzooks, this is a pain.  

BTW, I saw "1.4.2" and thought that sounded newer than "1.4a".  As their
very latest is 1.4d, I guess I was wrong about that.  So I wonder, what's
the rule and where's it written?  If you've got 1.4.2, what in the world is
wrong with calling the next one, oh, say, 1.4.3?  Or even 1.4.2a?  Or am I
supposed to intuit:

        $ (echo 1.4.2; echo 1.4a) |sort
        1.4.2
        1.4a

to guess myself?  Sure, it makes (some) sense in retrospect, but version
numbers are meant to communicate something to the rest of the world, and
ambiguity is no help.  I can't be the first confused victim.  </grumble>

I suppose I might as well experiment with 1.4d.  You know what they say, "No
pain, no pain", right?   

--jkl



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