cargo install wadm - `the '--version' provided, 'v0.4.0-alpha.1', is not a valid semver version` about wadm HOT 9 CLOSED

We're updating install instructions though to just download the binary, so this shouldn't be a problem

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Also noticed that crate failed to publish in worflow run here:
https://github.com/wasmCloud/wadm/actions/runs/4727114137/jobs/8387564660

Not sure how that wadm version is being installed haha, I don't find crate: https://crates.io/search?q=wadm

-> Didn't notice git flag haha

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Tried to reproduce on an Ubuntu-22-04 VM via parallels, but same issue.

Btw, uninstalling wadm (after installing it without specifying the version) implies that it indeed doesn't like the .:

$ cargo uninstall wadm v0.4.0-alpha.1
    Removing /Users/c.voigt/.cargo/bin/wadm
error: invalid package ID specification: `v0.4.0-alpha.1`

Caused by:
  invalid character `.` in pkgid: `v0.4.0-alpha.1`, characters must be Unicode XID characters (numbers, `-`, `_`, or most letters)
     Summary Successfully uninstalled wadm! Failed to uninstall v0.4.0-alpha.1 (see error(s) above).
error: some packages failed to uninstall

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were you able to drop the .1 to uninstall?

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I didn't have to:

$ wadm git:(main) which wadm
/Users/c.voigt/.cargo/bin/wadm
$ wadm git:(main) wadm --version
wadm 0.4.0-alpha.1
$ wadm git:(main) cargo uninstall wadm v0.4.0-alpha.1
    Removing /Users/c.voigt/.cargo/bin/wadm
error: invalid package ID specification: `v0.4.0-alpha.1`

Caused by:
  invalid character `.` in pkgid: `v0.4.0-alpha.1`, characters must be Unicode XID characters (numbers, `-`, `_`, or most letters)
     Summary Successfully uninstalled wadm! Failed to uninstall v0.4.0-alpha.1 (see error(s) above).
error: some packages failed to uninstall
$ wadm git:(main) ll /Users/c.voigt/.cargo/bin/wadm
ls: /Users/c.voigt/.cargo/bin/wadm: No such file or directory

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I need to read full messages lmao. I skim too much

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Cargo uses semver for versioning, with a major.minor.patch-pre format:

major: Incompatible API changes
minor: Added functionality in backwards compatible manner
patch: Backwards compatible bug fixes
pre: Pre-release version tag (omitted for normal releases)

So dk why alpha doesn't work, maybe it is the .1 as you noticed.

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As far as I can tell from the semver spec dots are entirely allowed in prerelease identifiers

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Definitely fixed by updating the README, but in case you want to do it, this works!

cargo install wadm --version 0.4.0-alpha.2

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