Re: pkg/57572: documentation of sort order of foo-1.0nb1 vs foo-1.0pre202308008 for instance

[Andrew Cagney <andrew.cagney%gmail.com@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR pkg/57572; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Andrew Cagney <andrew.cagney%gmail.com@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Cc: pkg-manager%netbsd.org@localhost, gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost, pkgsrc-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Subject: Re: pkg/57572: documentation of sort order of foo-1.0nb1 vs
 foo-1.0pre202308008 for instance
Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2023 14:24:56 -0400

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 On Mon, 7 Aug 2023 at 19:30, Thomas Klausner <wiz%gatalith.at@localhost> wrote:
 
 > The following reply was made to PR pkg/57572; it has been noted by GNATS.
 >
 > From: Thomas Klausner <wiz%gatalith.at@localhost>
 > To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
 > Cc:
 > Subject: Re: pkg/57572: documentation of sort order of foo-1.0nb1 vs
 >  foo-1.0pre202308008 for instance
 > Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2023 01:27:14 +0200
 >
 >  Take a look at the PACKAGE WILDCARDS section of pkg_info(1), I think
 >  it answers most of your questions.
 >
 
 It and `pkg_admin` help.  With those I came up with foo-5.0pre0.20230808
 (pre0 leaves space for more official rc1)  So a pointer to either of those
 from the guide would be just as useful.  Also some guidance on what is
 considered best practice.
 
 
 
 >   Thomas
 >
 >
 
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  reply was made to PR pkg/57572; it has been noted by GNATS.<br>
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 nk">wiz%gatalith.at@localhost</a>&gt;<br>
 To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost<br>
 Cc: <br>
 Subject: Re: pkg/57572: documentation of sort order of foo-1.0nb1 vs<br>
 =C2=A0foo-1.0pre202308008 for instance<br>
 Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2023 01:27:14 +0200<br>
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 =C2=A0Take a look at the PACKAGE WILDCARDS section of pkg_info(1), I think<=
 br>
 =C2=A0it answers most of your questions.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><di=
 v>It and `pkg_admin` help.=C2=A0 With those I came up with foo-5.0pre0.2023=
 0808 (pre0 leaves space for more official rc1)=C2=A0 So a pointer to either=
  of those from the guide would be just as useful.=C2=A0 Also some guidance =
 on what is considered best practice.<br></div><div><br></div><div>=C2=A0<br=
 ></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;=
 border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
 =C2=A0 Thomas<br>
 <br>
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