Re: [for 21.1.1] Patch for Patchlevels [Was 21.0-b67]

Wednesday, 12 May 1999


        Jan Vroonhof <vroonhof(a)math.ethz.ch&gt; writes:

...
 The problem with the x.y.z. mechanism is that there is no clear
 distinction between beta's and patchlevels, unless you want to go the
 linux even-odd style way (and confuse the h*ll out of everybody
 because we have the even and odds swapped). 
        That's why I always have prefered the beta state to be explicit, like
in `21.2-b14'. Then, there's no ambiguousness in something like 21.2.4 and you
don't have this awfull need to distinguish odds and evens.

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