Re: [sdd-comment] VersionRangeType

[Julia McCarthy <julia@us.ibm.com>]

This proposal will not accomplish what you want. Fix name can only be compared for equality. Let's use your example of a min version of Windows 2000 with SP1 and max Version of Windows Vista with SP1. If the actual os is Windows 2000 with SP4, all you know is that it is not Windows 2000 with SP1. You do NOT know if it is within the required range. SP1 and SP42 are fix names and the semantics of fix name do not involve comparison for greater or less than. All you can know is that SP1 does not equal SP4.

Julia McCarthy
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Jason Losh <Jason.Losh@sas.com>

Jason Losh <Jason.Losh@sas.com>

02/18/2008 04:33 PM

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Subject	[sdd-comment] VersionRangeType

Hello SDD TC,

In the SDD schema posted for review, there is a complex type called VersionRangeType that includes an element called FixName.  FixName in this case is associated with the range and not the MinVersion or MaxVersion elements.  I suggest adding FixName to MinVersion and MaxVersion in addition to leaving FixName associated with the overall range.  By adding FixName to MinVersion and MaxVersion, one can specify a minimum and maximum version that includes fix information specific to MinVersion and MaxVersion, for example, any Windows operating system between Windows 2000 SP1 and Windows Vista SP1.

Regards,
-Jason

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