[arch-general] Package versioning

[Eli Schwartz]

On 09/01/2016 06:04 PM, Doug Newgard wrote:
>> which isn't correct since
>>
>>    0.7 < 0.7.0.1
>>    0.4 < 0.4.1
>>
>> It seems `pacman` treats underbar like a period, which isn't at all what
>> I was hoping for.
> 
> Sounds like <version>.x<xrev> would make more sense.

And similarly, *-git packages usually use:

<version>.r<gitrev>.g<commit>-<pkgrel>

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Eli Schwartz