[Python-checkins] r76760 - peps/trunk/pep-0386.txt

[tarek.ziade]

Author: tarek.ziade
Date: Sat Dec 12 12:49:00 2009
New Revision: 76760

Log:
added more details for requesite #2

Modified:
   peps/trunk/pep-0386.txt

Modified: peps/trunk/pep-0386.txt
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--- peps/trunk/pep-0386.txt	(original)
+++ peps/trunk/pep-0386.txt	Sat Dec 12 12:49:00 2009
@@ -78,7 +78,9 @@
    also a micro revision).
 2. most projects need special meaning versions for "pre-releases" (such as
    "alpha", "beta", "rc"), and these have widely used aliases ("a" stands
-   for "alpha", "b" for "beta" and "c" for "rc").
+   for "alpha", "b" for "beta" and "c" for "rc"). And these pre-release
+   versions make it impossible to use a simple alphanumerical ordering
+   of the version string components. (Example: 3.1a1 < 3.1)
 3. some projects also need "post-releases" of regular versions,
    mainly for installer work which can't be clearly expressed otherwise.
 4. development versions allow packagers of unreleased work to avoid version