Index: src/java/org/apache/ivy/plugins/latest/LatestRevisionStrategy.java
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--- src/java/org/apache/ivy/plugins/latest/LatestRevisionStrategy.java	(revision 728010)
+++ src/java/org/apache/ivy/plugins/latest/LatestRevisionStrategy.java	(working copy)
@@ -65,8 +65,14 @@
                 Integer sm1 = (Integer) specialMeanings.get(parts1[i].toLowerCase(Locale.US));
                 Integer sm2 = (Integer) specialMeanings.get(parts2[i].toLowerCase(Locale.US));
                 if (sm1 != null) {
-                    sm2 = sm2 == null ? new Integer(0) : sm2;
-                    return sm1.compareTo(sm2);
+                    if ( sm2 != null ) {
+                        int a = sm1.compareTo(sm2);
+                        if ( a == 0 ) { 
+                            continue;
+                        }
+                        return a;
+                    }
+                    return sm1.compareTo(new Integer(0));
                 }
                 if (sm2 != null) {
                     return new Integer(0).compareTo(sm2);
Index: test/java/org/apache/ivy/plugins/latest/LatestRevisionStrategyTest.java
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--- test/java/org/apache/ivy/plugins/latest/LatestRevisionStrategyTest.java	(revision 728010)
+++ test/java/org/apache/ivy/plugins/latest/LatestRevisionStrategyTest.java	(working copy)
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 
     public void testSpecialMeaningComparator() {
         ArtifactInfo[] revs = toMockAI(new String[] {"0.1", "0.2-pre", "0.2-dev", "0.2-rc1",
-                "0.2-final", "0.2-QA", "1.0-dev1"});
+                "0.2-final", "0.2-QA-1", "0.2-QB-2", "1.0-dev1"});
 
         List shuffled = new ArrayList(Arrays.asList(revs));
         Collections.shuffle(shuffled);
@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@
         specialMeaning.setName("QA");
         specialMeaning.setValue(new Integer(4));
         latestRevisionStrategy.addConfiguredSpecialMeaning(specialMeaning);
+        specialMeaning.setName("QB");
+        specialMeaning.setValue(new Integer(4));
+        latestRevisionStrategy.addConfiguredSpecialMeaning(specialMeaning);
         Collections.sort(shuffled, latestRevisionStrategy.new ArtifactInfoComparator());
         assertEquals(Arrays.asList(revs), shuffled);
     }