whats about version numbering? (SOLVED)

talbot · Last edited by talbot on Fri Mar 17, 2006 8:07 pm; edited 1 time in total

Hola people!

one question for ya!

If some project release version 1.9 of some product how can they release 1.10 in the next release, would'nt it be version 2.0 then? if they wanted to release a version 1.10 then they need to have a version 1.09?

(Im tired and not that good at math (when Im drinking

... ) and had a few beers please mind

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regards!
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PaulBredbury · Veteran Joined: 14 Jul 2005 Posts: 5931

The dot is a separator, not a decimal place. Version numbers are only of importance to marketing departments, who are too drunk to be good at maths (or "math" for the non-English and plural-deficient). Geeks see a new version, which is all we need to know

didumos · Guru Joined: 19 Jan 2006 Posts: 310 Location: uk

Yeah, don't think of it as an actual decimal number. Instead, look at the numbers between the decimal places.

Using 1.9 and 1.10 as an example:

Version 1.9 can be seen as major version 1, minor version 9. And so version 1.10 can be interpreted as major version 1, minor version 10. Therefore, it is greater (newer) than version 1.9.

I'm sure there is a better way to explain it, but hey

talbot · Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 8:02 pm Post subject:

Okay!

Im buying that but Im still think it looks stupid

thanks for the replays by the way.

rock on!
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omp · Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 8:26 pm Post subject: