Confirm semver spec for mixed alpha-numeric

[phil-davis]

Looking at the spec:

"Precedence for two pre-release versions with the same major, minor, and patch version MUST be determined by comparing each dot separated identifier from left to right until a difference is found as follows: identifiers consisting of only digits are compared numerically and identifiers with letters or hyphens are compared lexically in ASCII sort order. Numeric identifiers always have lower precedence than non-numeric identifiers."

1. For example, let's say you use some alpha-numeric strings in position 4. According to the spec, they will sort:

2.0.0-alpha1
2.0.0-alpha10
2.0.0-alpha11
2.0.0-alpha2
2.0.0-alpha3
...
2.0.0-alpha8
2.0.0-alpha9

and you will cause some people (who don't read the spec properly) to wonder why alpha releases alpha10 and alpha11 are followed by alpha2

2. A more "recommended" way to "number" a set of "alpha" releases is to do:

2.0.0-alpha.1
2.0.0-alpha.2
2.0.0-alpha.3
...
2.0.0-alpha.8
2.0.0-alpha.9
2.0.0-alpha.10
2.0.0-alpha.11

in the style of the example in the spec.

Yes?

[jwdonahue]

Yes, you have listed them in ascending order.

@phil-davis, unless you have further questions, please close this issue at your earliest possible convenience.

[phil-davis]

Thanks, I was just looking for confirmation of my reading of the spec - and that the example here might help make the situation clear for someone who finds this in future. Closing.