[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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