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Why was this title changed? It’s just downright inaccurate now? The linked release is 4.20

by cranky_coder 7y ago

YokoZar 7y ago
Note that Wine is one of those confusingly-versioned projects where 4.20 is the one that comes after 4.19
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- viraptor 7y ago
  I would say that's like pretty much every project out there. I can't come up with an example which matches the other case off the top of my head. Does that make other ones the confusing ones?
  - YokoZar 7y ago
    It's less confusing when there is more than 1 decimal point. 4.11.4 is clearly not a regular decimal number.
- stkdump 7y ago
  What would non-confusingly come after 4.19, just out of interest?
  - mariomeissner 7y ago
    He's probably thinking about decimal numbers, so 4.2 is expected instead of 4.20
  - MaxBarraclough 7y ago
    Perhaps 4.19a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_versioning#Incrementing_sequences https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_versioning#Incrementi...
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- dtech 7y ago
  I don't know of any other software where x.10 does not come after x.9, or x.20 does not come after x.19 etc. Some software increases the x before that though.
  - SyneRyder 7y ago
    Winamp used a decimal numbering scheme. Version 5.6 is followed by 5.601, then 5.62. There's also the obligatory v1.6 < v1.666 < v1.7 version numbering of Doom. I think Windows 3.1 to 3.11 was another example of decimal version numbering, instead of calling it v3.1.1.
- chme 7y ago
  Blenders version is a bit confusing sometimes. Officially its release 2.80 but that is very often called 2.8 even from official channels [1]. I was a bit confused when then announced 2.8 which is the version after 2.79. [1] https://code.blender.org/2018/11/blender-2-8-beta/ https://code.blender.org/2018/11/blender-2-8-beta/
  - filmor 7y ago
    They always count from 00 onwards with a leading 0, though (x.01, ... x.09, x.10 etc.). The equivalent in the more common versioning scheme would be 2.8.0 which would then also be called 2.8.
    - chme 7y ago
      Well their scheme does leave some questions open: Does 3.00 need to come after 2.99 or can there be a 2.100? Or if its more like 2.8.x: Can ever be a x.x.10? (we are talking here more about the scheme that actual blender releases) How I currently understand is its just 2 numbers and 2.8 is a simplification for meaning 2.8x.
mdf 7y ago
Indeed. Even with some versioning schemes where 4.2 would equal 4.20 I wouldn't see the point in changing the title from what the project itself used. And if I'm reading this[1] correctly, the versions look pretty straightforward (i.e. 4.1 < 4.10 etc.). [1] https://github.com/wine-mirror/wine/commits/master/VERSION https://github.com/wine-mirror/wine/commits/master/VERSION
- robjan 7y ago
  Looks like semver to me but with x.y instead of x.y.z
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andrewshadura 7y ago
I agree. 4.2 was released in February: https://www.winehq.org/news/2019021501 https://www.winehq.org/news/2019021501

Why was this title changed? It’s just downright inaccurate now? The linked release is 4.20

YokoZar 7y ago

Note that Wine is one of those confusingly-versioned projects where 4.20 is the one that comes after 4.19

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viraptor 7y ago
I would say that's like pretty much every project out there. I can't come up with an example which matches the other case off the top of my head. Does that make other ones the confusing ones?
- YokoZar 7y ago
  It's less confusing when there is more than 1 decimal point. 4.11.4 is clearly not a regular decimal number.
stkdump 7y ago
What would non-confusingly come after 4.19, just out of interest?
- mariomeissner 7y ago
  He's probably thinking about decimal numbers, so 4.2 is expected instead of 4.20
- MaxBarraclough 7y ago
  Perhaps 4.19a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_versioning#Incrementing_sequences https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_versioning#Incrementi...
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dtech 7y ago
I don't know of any other software where x.10 does not come after x.9, or x.20 does not come after x.19 etc. Some software increases the x before that though.
- SyneRyder 7y ago
  Winamp used a decimal numbering scheme. Version 5.6 is followed by 5.601, then 5.62. There's also the obligatory v1.6 < v1.666 < v1.7 version numbering of Doom. I think Windows 3.1 to 3.11 was another example of decimal version numbering, instead of calling it v3.1.1.
chme 7y ago
Blenders version is a bit confusing sometimes. Officially its release 2.80 but that is very often called 2.8 even from official channels [1]. I was a bit confused when then announced 2.8 which is the version after 2.79. [1] https://code.blender.org/2018/11/blender-2-8-beta/ https://code.blender.org/2018/11/blender-2-8-beta/
- filmor 7y ago
  They always count from 00 onwards with a leading 0, though (x.01, ... x.09, x.10 etc.). The equivalent in the more common versioning scheme would be 2.8.0 which would then also be called 2.8.
  - chme 7y ago
    Well their scheme does leave some questions open: Does 3.00 need to come after 2.99 or can there be a 2.100? Or if its more like 2.8.x: Can ever be a x.x.10? (we are talking here more about the scheme that actual blender releases) How I currently understand is its just 2 numbers and 2.8 is a simplification for meaning 2.8x.

mdf 7y ago

Indeed. Even with some versioning schemes where 4.2 would equal 4.20 I wouldn't see the point in changing the title from what the project itself used. And if I'm reading this[1] correctly, the versions look pretty straightforward (i.e. 4.1 < 4.10 etc.). [1] https://github.com/wine-mirror/wine/commits/master/VERSION https://github.com/wine-mirror/wine/commits/master/VERSION

robjan 7y ago
Looks like semver to me but with x.y instead of x.y.z
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andrewshadura 7y ago

I agree. 4.2 was released in February: https://www.winehq.org/news/2019021501 https://www.winehq.org/news/2019021501