[DDI-SRG] [Fwd: Re: Version Number Restriction]

[Wendy Thomas]

My understand...for what its worth as I don't deal with this level of 
technical detail....is that the only time we need to parse and determine 
version order is when we do late binds. However, since these will always 
be within a single maintenance agency so one would "hope" it would be 
consistant enough not to be ambiguous.

Wendy



On Thu, 27 Sep 2007, I-Lin Kuo wrote:

> Sorry I haven't been at meetings lately, so I might be raising some issue
> which was already discussed.
>
> I have a question about the two version format proposals -- what difference
> does it make in linking behavior? If the version is to be treated as a
> string and not parsed, then I would prefer J's as that has more flexibility.
> On the other hand, if the version is to be broken up into its parts and
> compared, and then some action taken by DDI based whether one version is
> earlier or later than another, then I think Achim's proposal is better, as I
> don't really know how to compare versions 1.a 1.A and 1.1. More
> specifically, what effect does the form of the version have on reference
> resolution?
>
> On 9/27/07, Wendy Thomas <wlt at pop.umn.edu> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Just to add a bit of discussion from the call after Achim needed to leave.
>> The general intent of the flexibility was that we didn't want to ask
>> people to change versioning structures currently in use. This may not be
>> an issue. Also, determinations of late binds must be transparent. Early
>> binds are easy as they provide a specific version number.
>>
>> Given this immediate response, I'm going to change this from resolved to
>> feedback.
>>
>> wendy
>>
>>
>> On Thu, 27 Sep 2007, Joachim Wackerow wrote:
>>
>>> Next try. The email went only to J.
>>>
>>> Achim
>>>
>>
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>
> -- 
> I-Lin Kuo
>

Wendy L. Thomas                          Phone: +1 612.624.4389
Data Access Core Director		 Fax:   +1 612.626.8375
Minnesota Population Center              Email: wlt at pop.umn.edu
University of Minnesota
50 Willey Hall
225 19th Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55455