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Re: [tor-bugs] #3262 [Tor Weather]: Weather should look for "-alpha" dev versions, too, when checking recommended Tor versions
#3262: Weather should look for "-alpha" dev versions, too, when checking
recommended Tor versions
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Reporter: kaner | Owner: kaner
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone:
Component: Tor Weather | Version:
Keywords: | Parent:
Points: | Actualpoints:
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Comment(by karsten):
Parsing the version string for "-alpha" or "-dev" seems fragile,
especially since we added a "-beta" recently. Who knows what we're going
to add in the future.
Maybe we can compare the number part of the version string to decide
whether a version is a) included in the recommended versions, b) newer
than all recommended versions of a major version, c) older than all
recommended versions, or d) otherwise not included. Here's an example
(not the current recommended versions):
{{{
client-versions
0.2.1.29,0.2.1.30,0.2.2.21-alpha,0.2.2.22-alpha,0.2.2.25-alpha,0.2.2.26-beta,0.2.2.27-beta,0.2.3.1-alpha
}}}
In case a), everything's good. Case b) could be 0.2.2.28-something or
0.2.3.2-alpha and is likely due to us not recommending a new version yet.
Examples for c) and d) are 0.2.1.28 and 0.2.2.23-alpha, respectively, and
indicate an outdated version. We should probably inform the user in cases
c) and d).
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