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>Below each package directory there can be one or more version
sub-directories, named after the versions. This is a requirement of
the component framework: it must be possible for users to install
multiple versions of a package and select which one to use for any
given application. This has a number of advantages to users: most
importantly it allows a single component repository to be shared
between multiple users and multiple projects, as required; also it
facilitates experiments, for example it is relatively easy to try out
the latest version of some package and see if it makes any difference.
There is a potential disadvantage in terms of disk space. However
since <SPAN
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small embedded systems, and given typical modern disk sizes, keeping a
number of different versions of a package installed will usually be
acceptable. The administration tool can be used to remove versions
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>The version <TT
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anonymous <SPAN
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releases which do not change (or only when patches are produced).
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>All other subdirectories of a package correspond to specific releases
of that package. The component framework allows users to select the
particular version of a package they want to use, but by default the
most recent one will be used. This requires some rules for ordering
version numbers, a difficult task because of the wide variety of ways
in which versions can be identified.</P
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>If the first character of both strings are either <TT
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sense to enforce case sensitivity here. Potentially this could result
in ambiguity if there are two version directories
<TT
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>v1.0</TT
>, but this will
match the confusion experienced by any users of such a package.
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>V1.0</TT
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and <TT
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>, e.g. because of a minor mix-up when
making the distribution file, then the case difference is ignored.</P
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>Next the two version strings are compared one character at a time.
If both strings are currently at a digit then a string to number
conversion takes place, and the resulting numbers are compared.
For example <TT
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>v10</TT
> is a more recent release than
<TT
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separators, so if one release goes out as <TT
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the next goes out as <TT
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>If one version string terminates before the other, the current
character determines which is the more recent. If the other string is
currently at a separator character, for example
<TT
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latter. If the other string is not at a separator character, for
example <TT
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experimental version of the <TT
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> release and hence
older. </P
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>There is no special processing of dates, so with two versions
<TT
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>ss-20000316</TT
> and <TT
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>ss-20001111</TT
>
the numerical values <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>20001111</TT
> and
<TT
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>20000316</TT
> determine the result: larger values are
more recent. It is suggested that the full year be used in such cases
rather than a shorthand like <TT
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>00</TT
>, to avoid
Y2100 problems.</P
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>There is no limit on how many levels of versioning are used, so
there could in theory be a <TT
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of a package. However this is unlikely to be of benefit to typical
users of a package.</P
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>The version comparison rules of the component framework may not be
suitable for every version numbering scheme in existence, but they
should cope with many common cases.</P
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a single component repository. The first problem relates to the
<SPAN
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the CVS repository then this requires a database update, but the
administration tool is bypassed. The second problem arises if an
organization chooses to place its component repository under source
code control using <SPAN
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belong to different <SPAN
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