Subject: bug#5744: 23.1.92; doc string of `version<' etc.

From: Jason Rumney <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2010 09:12:11 +0800

Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]> writes:

> With versions, it might be better to use "older" and "newer" instead.

I don't think it is possible to come up with an algorithm for that.
There may be maintainence branches still running after a new major
release (eg gcc 4.3.4 is newer than 4.4.1, despite being a lower
version).