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Why 10.5?
Authored by: Dephex Twin on May 07, '02 12:46:59PM

This version numbering scheme is very common practice. And while every company might have their own particular rules for version numbering, the system has evolved into something that can convey the degree of upgrade pretty well (e.g. version 1.0 -> 1.0.1 = bug fixes & minor stuff, 1.0 -> 1.1 involves small enhancements, etc).

There's no reason to think of the jump from 10.1.4 -> 10.5 as arbitrary, because the entire numbering scheme itself is arbitrary and subjective. The idea behind it is conveying information. This is why there are even decimal places at all. Otherwise, why not just have version 1, 2, 3, 4 and so on... because with decimal places we convey that every upgrade is not equal.

The difference between 10.0->10.1 is much smaller than 10.1->Jaguar. Why adhere to an arbitrary numbering scheme and call it 10.2 if that doesn't reflect the amount of new features?

I can understand being annoyed if it is pure marketing (like Netscape skipping 5, for example). But this upgrade looks like it will have a lot of new stuff. The name will make users think of 8.1->8.5, and I think that's right on.

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