Strange Version Numbering
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Thought I'd give Inkscape another try, and I noticed the version number (0.48.4) still hasn't reached 1.0 (I think it's been out for years now). And that made me think of how Chrome has a new "major" version every week it seems like (nearly up to version 30). And how Umbraco 5 was abandoned, so they went back to Umbraco 4, then skipped back up to Umbraco 6. Any other strange version numbering you've seen in software? I bet there is some software out there that increments version numbers using only prime numbers (bonus points to anybody who finds something like that), and others that skip certain numbers (e.g., 13 and 666).
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Thought I'd give Inkscape another try, and I noticed the version number (0.48.4) still hasn't reached 1.0 (I think it's been out for years now). And that made me think of how Chrome has a new "major" version every week it seems like (nearly up to version 30). And how Umbraco 5 was abandoned, so they went back to Umbraco 4, then skipped back up to Umbraco 6. Any other strange version numbering you've seen in software? I bet there is some software out there that increments version numbers using only prime numbers (bonus points to anybody who finds something like that), and others that skip certain numbers (e.g., 13 and 666).
3 , 95 , 98 , XP , Vista , 7 ... :sigh:
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Thought I'd give Inkscape another try, and I noticed the version number (0.48.4) still hasn't reached 1.0 (I think it's been out for years now). And that made me think of how Chrome has a new "major" version every week it seems like (nearly up to version 30). And how Umbraco 5 was abandoned, so they went back to Umbraco 4, then skipped back up to Umbraco 6. Any other strange version numbering you've seen in software? I bet there is some software out there that increments version numbers using only prime numbers (bonus points to anybody who finds something like that), and others that skip certain numbers (e.g., 13 and 666).
Well, I guess the most prominent software that skipped version 13 is Microsoft Office. I think Inkscape, Chrome and Firefox are good examples of software that either abuses major version numbers, or don't use them at all. I mean, what is the idea behind incrementing the major version number for every release when they only include minor improvements and bugfixes? That doesn't make sense to me. And it breaks the idea behind the versioning scheme using three to four numbers.
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3 , 95 , 98 , XP , Vista , 7 ... :sigh:
Which are only marketing names, the internal version number (Get it by typing
winverinto the "Run"Dialog box, at least under version 6.1 which is also known as 7) is different from the marketing name and unique: Marketing Name-----------NT-Version XP-----------------------5.1 XP x64---------------------5.2 Vista-----------------------6.0 SP2 7 6.1 8 Phone 8 RT 6.2:bob:
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Thought I'd give Inkscape another try, and I noticed the version number (0.48.4) still hasn't reached 1.0 (I think it's been out for years now). And that made me think of how Chrome has a new "major" version every week it seems like (nearly up to version 30). And how Umbraco 5 was abandoned, so they went back to Umbraco 4, then skipped back up to Umbraco 6. Any other strange version numbering you've seen in software? I bet there is some software out there that increments version numbers using only prime numbers (bonus points to anybody who finds something like that), and others that skip certain numbers (e.g., 13 and 666).
I can't remember the exact version nos, but IBM's SDSF (Spool Display and Search Facility) changed from (something like) 1.2 to (something like) 1.0 because it was taken over by a new team they renamed it as System Display and Search Facility even though it was the same product.
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3 , 95 , 98 , XP , Vista , 7 ... :sigh:
LOL. But to be accurate, those are names, not version numbers. Internally, the versions are sequential even if they don't match the "name". Windows 8 is known as version 6.2, for instance.
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3 , 95 , 98 , XP , Vista , 7 ... :sigh:
Good try, but these are not version numbers. And there are 2 branchs. Win3.11 = 3.11 Win95 = 4 Win98 = 4.10 WinME = 4.9 This branch is dead. WinNT3.1 = 3.1 WinNT3.5 = 3.5 WinNT4 = 4.0 Win2000 = 5.0 WinXp = 5.1 WinServer2003 = 5.2 WinVista = 6.0 WinServer2008 = 6.0 Win7 = 6.1 WinServer2008R2 = 6.1 Win8 = 6.2 WinServer8 = 6.2
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Thought I'd give Inkscape another try, and I noticed the version number (0.48.4) still hasn't reached 1.0 (I think it's been out for years now). And that made me think of how Chrome has a new "major" version every week it seems like (nearly up to version 30). And how Umbraco 5 was abandoned, so they went back to Umbraco 4, then skipped back up to Umbraco 6. Any other strange version numbering you've seen in software? I bet there is some software out there that increments version numbers using only prime numbers (bonus points to anybody who finds something like that), and others that skip certain numbers (e.g., 13 and 666).
AspDotNetDev wrote:
I bet there is some software out there that increments version numbers using only prime numbers (bonus points to anybody who finds something like that)
I recall reading about someone actually using the digits of pi as the version numbering system (actual released software system) ie. ver 1 = 3.1 ver 2 = 3.14 ver 3 = 3.141 etc (or something to that effect) Tried googling it to find it, but searching on anything with "pi" in it is near impossible it seems... (too many irrelevant hits)
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AspDotNetDev wrote:
I bet there is some software out there that increments version numbers using only prime numbers (bonus points to anybody who finds something like that)
I recall reading about someone actually using the digits of pi as the version numbering system (actual released software system) ie. ver 1 = 3.1 ver 2 = 3.14 ver 3 = 3.141 etc (or something to that effect) Tried googling it to find it, but searching on anything with "pi" in it is near impossible it seems... (too many irrelevant hits)
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TY! It was bugging me I couldn't find it! -- Did you know that one already, or is your google-fu simply stronger than mine?
I have strong Google-fu and Wikipedia-obsession. :)
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Thought I'd give Inkscape another try, and I noticed the version number (0.48.4) still hasn't reached 1.0 (I think it's been out for years now). And that made me think of how Chrome has a new "major" version every week it seems like (nearly up to version 30). And how Umbraco 5 was abandoned, so they went back to Umbraco 4, then skipped back up to Umbraco 6. Any other strange version numbering you've seen in software? I bet there is some software out there that increments version numbers using only prime numbers (bonus points to anybody who finds something like that), and others that skip certain numbers (e.g., 13 and 666).
At some point we decided to switch to using year.month as our version number... so 5.04 = April 2005 6.11 = November 2006 etc. After a while we switched back to normal numbering since the versioning made it obvious when our releases were late (always!).