Re: [Edbrowse-dev] 3.5.3

[Chris Brannon <chris@the-brannons.com>]

Adam Thompson <arthompson1990@gmail.com> writes:

> not least that it'll make version sorting (and version dependant package
> managers) behave correctly (git sorts before release in sorting)
> whereas 3.5.3 would probably sort *before* 3.5.3.git.

I've been a distro packager for many years.  If distros want to make
experimental packages, then there are various ways to do that, and it all
depends on the distro's package building machinery and policies.
It can also be kind of frustrating.
Using something like 3.5.3.git as a version string in a
distro package manager is probably not the best approach, either, since
the code in git is a moving target.  So my instincts as a distro
packager tell me to let the distros worry about how to package
experimental code, since policies and machinery aren't standard.

-- Chris