Ian Jackson writes ("Re: willing to contribute verrevcmp to gnulib?"):
> Did you base your version on the Debian specification at
> http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-controlfields.html#s-f-Version
> ?
And another thing: you should put a comment in it saying
/*
*
Kamil Dudka writes ("Re: willing to contribute verrevcmp to gnulib?"):
> we use the extended version (handling ~ character), even slightly
> modified to work better with file names (with suffixes). The new
> (gnulib) filevercmp code is in attachment.
Sorry, I overlooked this message before. Now I
AJ: the FSF want to put an implementation of the dpkg version
comparison algorithm into gnulib. I approve of this, but the git logs
say that the current version was supplied by you. There are some
copyright questions.
Jim Meyering writes ("Re: willing to contribute verrevcmp to gnulib?"):
> Brun
Also, ...
> > > Is there a chance that you would be willing to contribute to the
> > > FSF the actual code from dpkg for this? (Otherwise, we will
> > > probably have one person write a formal specification for the
> > > version comparison algorithm, and then another person implement
> > > somethi
Jim Meyering writes ("Re: willing to contribute verrevcmp to gnulib?"):
> Depending on the code: GPL, LGPL, LGPLv2+.
> For this function, LGPL or LGPLv2+ would be appropriate,
> since it's intended to replace glibc's strverscmp.
Right. I hereby permit, insofar as I am able, the relicensing of
dpk
Ian Jackson writes ("Re: willing to contribute verrevcmp to gnulib?"):
> What precisely is the problem ? Is it just that the version in dpkg
> is GPLv2+ and you want something more liberal ?
And which files are we talking about ?
NB that the dpkg comparison algorithm was rece
Ian Jackson writes ("Re: willing to contribute verrevcmp to gnulib?"):
> What is the licence on gnulib ? I'm very probably be happy to
> relicence.
I see that there is a mixture of licenses in gnulib.
What precisely is the problem ? Is it just that the version in dpkg
i
Jim Meyering writes ("Re: willing to contribute verrevcmp to gnulib?"):
> Ben Pfaff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi Ian. The GNU gnulib project is considering adding a function
> > that would compare strings in the same way that dpkg compares
> > version numbers, as you can see in the thread her
