[mythtv-users] mythtv version numbering

[David Hampton]

On Fri, 2025-02-07 at 08:28 +0000, Ian Campbell wrote:
> On Thu, 2025-02-06 at 16:56 -0500, David Hampton via mythtv-users
> wrote:
> > On Thu, 2025-02-06 at 16:22 -0500, James Abernathy wrote:
> > > 4. When I build following the wiki
> > > (https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Installing_MythTV_on_Debian) I get a
> > > version that is based on the date 35.0~master.20250205.4c4ec5e0-
> > > 0ubuntu0_amd64.deb and I can't relate that to anything.
> > 
> > Version 35.0 (not true, its a pre-release)
> 
> FWIW that is the meaning of the ~ sigil in a Debian package version,
> it
> sorts before any other suffix including the empty suffix, so 35.0~ is
> before 35.0 in the Debian package version sorting algorithm.

Good to know.  I've only used debian for test systems, so I wasn't
aware of that.

David