[jboss-dev] Re: jgroups version names

Okay, well some releases are adhering to this standard... :-) I didn't care much for this because it is stupid. Relying on strings for version comparison is terrible, as we have to parse the strings into component parts (numbers) anyway. Plus we end up with kludges like changing RC1 to CR1 so alphabetical ordering still works ... A much better way, and that's what I thought we had adopted, is the scheme suggested by Scott in http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&t=77231. This allows us to use shorts for major, minor and patch versions, and comparisons become simple. Note that we don't care about comparisons between 2.6.2.CR1 and 2.6.2.GA, because the scheme suggested by Scott doesn't care about the qualifier. These 2 versions are both the same the point of the version number. Having said that, if this cannot convince you, I can adhere to the version numbering scheme, that's not an issue for me, as the underlying version stays the same, it is just the strig that changes Dimitris Andreadis wrote: -- Bela Ban Lead JGroups / Clustering Team JBoss - a division of Red Hat