On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 09:57:39 +0200
Danny van Dyk <kugelfang@gentoo.org> wrote:
> > Funnily enough... If we're going by PMS drafts, that's illegal
> > whereas multiple suffixes are legal. PMS permits multiple suffixes,
> > but limits any individual version component to eight digits to avoid
> > problems with integer overflows, floating point precision etc.
> 
> And when PMS specifies that together with a proper way to compare 
> multiple suffixes there will be no problem.

PMS *does* specify a proper way of comparing multiple version suffixes
(and version specs with a leading zero for that matter). I'm not
particularly happy with the wording, but as far as I can see the
description is at least correct, even if it isn't clear.

-- 
Ciaran McCreesh