From:	Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
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Subject:	Re: ANNOUNCE: Binutils 2.11 released
Date:	2 May 2001 09:19:30 GMT
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Marp <marp AT 0 DOT 0 DOT 0 DOT 0> wrote:

> No, the files on simtel clearly show older binutils with higher version
> numbers than the newer ones judging by the dates of the files. We went from
> a higher version number to a lower one when 2.10 was released, and it seems
> to make no sense.

You're obviously interpreting version numbers as if they were floating
point numbers --- but they aren't. 2.10 is to be read as "two dot
ten", not "two dot one zero". In particular, it definitely does not
mean 2 + 10/100.

The only actual problem in this area is the 8+3 filename limitation
imposed on the distribution zip file names. There, 2.10 becomes 210,
which may indeed look as if it's smaller than 2951, which originally
meant 2.9.5.1.



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