[X4U] Update Numbering

Jens Selvig lstnmt at bresnan.net
Fri Jun 22 07:12:40 PDT 2007


You are so correct in that it is nit picking!

So in an IP address 10.10.10.1 is the same as 10.10.10.10?

version numbers are not simple math!

Jens


Jens Selvig
...lost in Montana...

lstnmt at bresnan.net



On Jun 22, 2007, at 8:08 AM, Richard Gilmore wrote:

> This is nit picking but is anyone else bothered by the update  
> numbering system? The sequence went 10.4.1 to 10.4.9 then now 10.4.10
>
> But mathematically 10.4.1 and 10.4.10 are the same amount. They  
> have the same value. The zero is redundant. But they are different  
> updates. Can’t they use a letter or something until Leopard  
> arrives? Or could they use another numbering sequence? Maybe 10.4.91?
>
> Small thing that bothers me.



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