Small clarification that the grammar is only for the cannonical versions

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Donald Stufft 2014-12-13 16:02:44 -05:00
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commit c508f9012b
1 changed files with 5 additions and 3 deletions

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@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ run the software.
Public version identifiers
--------------------------
Public version identifiers MUST comply with the following scheme::
The canonical public version identifiers MUST comply with the following
scheme::
[N!]N(.N)*[{a|b|c}N][.postN][.devN]
@ -70,8 +71,9 @@ Public version identifiers MUST NOT include leading or trailing whitespace.
Public version identifiers MUST be unique within a given distribution.
Installation tools SHOULD ignore any public versions which do not comply with
this scheme. Installation tools MAY warn the user when non-compliant
or ambiguous versions are detected.
this scheme but MUST also include the normalizations specified below.
Installation tools MAY warn the user when non-compliant or ambiguous versions
are detected.
Public version identifiers are separated into up to five segments: