Re: [ ACTION-107] Updating version list identifier algorithm

On Tue, 18 Sep 2007, Mark Baker wrote:
> On 9/18/07, Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch> wrote:
> >
> > In any case, I would recommend not parsing versons at all. Just treat 
> > them as opaque strings, and assume that there is an upgrade if the 
> > version on the server doesn't match the version in the client.
> 
> Sounds good to me, but then you have to wonder why etags wouldn't 
> suffice.

Yeah, that's another option.

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