No love for the person who tought, three-component #versionnumbers would be sufficient for any #MSI #package.

How common is a p or r prefix inside of a version number? (ex: 22.7R1 or 2.4.5-p5)

#versionnumber #versionnumbers

Would you consider 1.2.3 to be greater or less than 1.2.3a?

#versionnumber #versionnumbers

greater than
43.1%
less than
56.9%
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How would you even compare/sort version numbers that ended with arbitrary suffixes?

1.2.0-foo ??? 1.2.0-bar
1.2.0-a1b2c3 ??? 1.2.0-f5e0b3
1.2.0-tangerine ??? 1.2.0-lemonzest

The version strings are clearly different, but how would you go about sorting them in order? Lexically? Give up?

#versionnumbers #versionnumbering #semver

What do you call the individual numbers or parts of a version number (ex: 1.2.3.beta3)?

#namingthings #versionnumbers

numbers
27.3%
parts
30.3%
segments
21.2%
components
21.2%
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No, @ubuntu, this is not how you do #Versioning!

Who thinks 20220329.git681281e4-0ubuntu3.31 is a good way to name a version of a package?

#Linux #firmware #UbuntuLTS #cursed #VersionNumbers...