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From: Richard Owlett on 10 Jun 2010 12:51
(Administrator) 1 % info patchlevel
8.5.2

I wish to run a program which specifies
System Requirements Tcl/Tk Version 8.5a6 or greater.
Am I good to go?

As I would interpret "Version 8.5a6" as being the 6th alpha
version on a path from 8.5.0 to 8.5.1.
Am I close to correct?
Thanks
From: Alexandre Ferrieux on 10 Jun 2010 13:06
On Jun 10, 6:51 pm, Richard Owlett <rowl...(a)pcnetinc.com> wrote:
> (Administrator) 1 % info patchlevel
> 8.5.2
>
> I wish to run a program which specifies
>    System Requirements Tcl/Tk  Version 8.5a6 or greater.
> Am I good to go?
>
> As I would interpret "Version 8.5a6" as being the 6th alpha
> version on a path from 8.5.0 to 8.5.1.
> Am I close to correct?
> Thanks

Alphas and Betas come _before_ the releases, so 8.5a6 predates 8.5.0.

-Alex
From: Robert Heller on 10 Jun 2010 13:31
At Thu, 10 Jun 2010 11:51:49 -0500 Richard Owlett <rowlett(a)pcnetinc.com> wrote:

>
> (Administrator) 1 % info patchlevel
> 8.5.2
>
> I wish to run a program which specifies
> System Requirements Tcl/Tk Version 8.5a6 or greater.
> Am I good to go?
>
> As I would interpret "Version 8.5a6" as being the 6th alpha
> version on a path from 8.5.0 to 8.5.1.
> Am I close to correct?

Not really. Version 8.5a6 is the 6th alpha (pre) release of 8.5. It is not
anything else. 8.5.0 is already 'newer' than 8.5a6.

> Thanks
>

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From: Richard Owlett on 10 Jun 2010 13:32
Alexandre Ferrieux wrote:
> On Jun 10, 6:51 pm, Richard Owlett <rowl...(a)pcnetinc.com> wrote:
>> (Administrator) 1 % info patchlevel
>> 8.5.2
>>
>> I wish to run a program which specifies
>> System Requirements Tcl/Tk Version 8.5a6 or greater.
>> Am I good to go?
>>
>> As I would interpret "Version 8.5a6" as being the 6th alpha
>> version on a path from 8.5.0 to 8.5.1.
>> Am I close to correct?
>> Thanks
>
> Alphas and Betas come _before_ the releases, so 8.5a6 predates 8.5.0.
>
> -Alex

Thank you.
From: Helmut Giese on 10 Jun 2010 13:36
Hi Richard,
>As I would interpret "Version 8.5a6" as being the 6th alpha
>version on a path from 8.5.0 to 8.5.1.
>Am I close to correct?
no, you're way off :)

8.5a6 is (rather was) the 6th alpha release of 8.5 leading eventually
to 8.5(.0), followed by 8.5.1, 8.5.2, etc.
There are no alpha versions between minor releases.
HTH
Helmut Giese
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