[X4U] Update Numbering
keith_w
keith_w at dslextreme.com
Fri Jun 22 09:04:03 PDT 2007
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.
"Amount?"
A Version number is not an amount, in terms of it being a decimal
number, as it doesn't represent a mathematical value.
It's simply a sequence of numbers that steps up another digit in the
last place after the rightmost period.
> 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.
>
> Richard
keith whaley
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