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From: Hans Reiser <reiser@namesys.com>
Subject: Re: Utility versions
Date: Sat, 25 May 2002 00:21:15 +0400
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To: Steve Pratt <slpratt@us.ibm.com>
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Steve Pratt wrote:

>Is there some reason for the alphanumeric numbering scheme of the utility
>versions?  It makes it hard to do simple version checks for when function
>was added.  Also, the Changelog seems to have stopped referencing the
>versions that went with the changes back in May of 2001.  Is there some
>file or place I can find information which correlates new parameters with
>certain versions of the utilities?
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>Steve
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>EVMS Development - http://www.sf.net/projects/evms
>Linux Technology Center - IBM Corporation
>(512) 838-9763  EMAIL: SLPratt@US.IBM.COM
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You are right, it should be changed to conventional Linux style numbers 
and optional pre string.