So, is version 4.2 older or newer than version 4.10? For instance, Perl and CPAN think 4.2 comes after 4.10, because they think version numbers are floats. CVS on the other hand thinks version numbers are dotted integers and hence ranks 4.10 after 4.2.

And is 1.10a an alpha release of version 1.10, or patch level a of version 1.10?

Abigail