[Rubygems-developers] 0.4.0 bugfix release

[Jim Weirich]

Chad Fowler wrote:
> 
> On 31/5/2004, at 6:08 PM, Gavin Sinclair wrote:
>> What happened to "1.*"?
> 
> Good question.  I think "1.*" would make (B) more palatable.  Jim, has 
> your taste changed or does "1.*" fail in some functional way?

Suppose version 1.2 of a package introduces some forward compatible 
additions to the API.  My program needs the new features.

    require_gem package, "= 1.*"   # allows version 1.1
    require_gem package, "*>= 1.2" # doesn't allow 1.1

I think the * convention is intuitive, but lacks expressive power.  I 
don't currently favor it

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