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Out of curiosity, why is the version number so low? It's been around forever.
by blahyawnblah 7y ago
Out of curiosity, why is the version number so low? It's been around forever.
- kbenson 7y agoLikely because no pressure is felt to put out a 1.0. The people that use it know what it is, and don't care that it's not 1.0 or above. It has constant, if low-velocity, development and bug-fixing going on[1] with 28 releases in over 20 years. PuTTY is a known quantity, I doubt anyone is trying to game the marketing to gain usage. For some people, that's a feature. 1: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/changes.html https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/changes.h...
- barkingcat 7y agoWhy does that matter? It's a mature piece of software that has ongoing fixes.
- frou_dh 7y agoThey didn't say it mattered, they said they were curious.
- _bxg1 7y agoThat's exactly the point: a version number <1.0 is the universal signifier for "this isn't ready to be a daily-driver yet". If that doesn't apply to PuTTY, it's a (minor) failure of communication.
- flomo 7y agoOr it is a feature because they don't care about your particular production support issues.
- hnick 7y agoI was curious but couldn't find an answer, how long has that convention been around? Was it in place when PuTTY started in the late 90s?
- barkingcat 7y agoI would suggest that " version number <1.0 is the universal signifier" is the failure of assumption. Many software don't abide by that.
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- dduarte 7y agohttps://0ver.org/ https://0ver.org/
- Paperweight 7y agoCool! Just by putting "0." in front of your version number, you're magically not liable anymore!