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Re: sort --compare-version


From: Bruce Korb
Subject: Re: sort --compare-version
Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2008 11:10:46 -0800

On Feb 6, 2008 10:59 AM, Andreas Schwab <address@hidden> wrote:
> Bruce Korb <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > Yep.  That's the reason for the "compare-" prefix.  I didn't like
> > ``--compare-version-sort'' for some sort of reason, too.  Ultimately,
> > someone pick another name if "compare-version" is aesthetically bad.
>
> How about making it --sort=KEYWORD, with KEYWORD in
> {general-numeric,month,numeric,random,version}?

Yep.  That's _very_ nice.  Just a little beyond the energy level I had at
the time.  :)  Thanks.




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