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[-] kennebel@lemmy.world 39 points 1 month ago

That is 100% up to every team to decide. Version numbering is completely arbitrary.

[-] DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone 25 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Since version 3, TeX has used an idiosyncratic version numbering system, where updates have been indicated by adding an extra digit at the end of the decimal, so that the version number asymptotically approaches π. This is a reflection of the fact that TeX is now very stable, and only minor updates are anticipated. The current version of TeX is 3.141592653

[-] magic_lobster_party@kbin.run 5 points 1 month ago

Knuth has also decided that once he dies, a last version will be made which sets the version number exactly to pi.

[-] Kissaki@programming.dev 3 points 1 month ago

He's gonna live a long life. Until we know pi.

[-] magic_lobster_party@kbin.run 1 points 1 month ago

He has to finish section 7.2.2 of his book

[-] Cirk2@programming.dev 8 points 1 month ago

I wish. Sadly the google play store requires monotonically increasing build numbers, so any option of resetting build numbers after major releases goes out the window.

[-] maynarkh@feddit.nl 5 points 1 month ago

Do Google engineers get off on writing software that's only compatible within their own little world, then offering it as some de facto standard?

Google Cloud had a ton of these that make it arbitrarily hard to use.

[-] agressivelyPassive@feddit.de 5 points 1 month ago

I had lengthy discussions about that because two companies conventions collided.

We talked literally hours about the benefits of build numbers, branch specific identifiers and so on.

[-] Kissaki@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago

What conclusion did you come to?

[-] agressivelyPassive@feddit.de 1 points 1 month ago

None. The project was ultimately cancelled for unrelated reasons.

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