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0 pointsTagbert5y ago0 comments

What’s the advantage behind a more complex scheme? It doesn’t seem to add anything. The current system just notes the specific release in a series of releases.

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chrismorgan5y ago

Semantics. The main thing that users ever want on seeing a version number is to know when it corresponds to. That’s a bothersome lookup at present.

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0 pointsTagbert5y ago0 comments

What’s the advantage behind a more complex scheme? It doesn’t seem to add anything. The current system just notes the specific release in a series of releases.

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chrismorgan5y ago

Semantics. The main thing that users ever want on seeing a version number is to know when it corresponds to. That’s a bothersome lookup at present.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse