Re: Version number decode

>From: pp@q8.dk (Poul Pedersen) >Date: Thu, 9 Jun 94 15:00:12 DST >Subject: Version number decode >X-Informix-List-Id: <list.4108> > >Version numbers. 9 Jun 1994 > >I have a small question: What does the different numbers and >characters mean in a version number ? 4.11.wd1 ! !! !!! ! !! !!+---- ? "patch" number ! !! !+----- ? Portmaster version (C, D, ...) ! !! +------ ? U Unix, W Windows, D DOS, ... ! !+-------- ? Maintenance release ! +--------- ? Minor release +----------- ? Major release The numbers leading to the portmaster letter are fully CM controlled. These days, the number after the portmaster letter is too, but historically it wasn't. The correct jargon for the "patch" number carefully avoids the word patch, but it basically means that someone somewhere has had to make a change and produce a special port to fix a problem. The versions which leave R&D are normally UC1 portmasters, though of late there have been a number of UD1 and UE1 portmasters, for a variety of complex reasons. >One more, is it correct, that Informix works with more info on the version >numbers before a product is released for sale ? > > 4.11.wd1n24 > !!! > !!+- ? > !+-- ? > +--- ? For some reason which remains completely obscure to me, alpha releases are designated UC1A1, etc, rather than being called by what seems to me to be the logical UA1 designation. Beta releases are UC1B1, and Gamma builds (trial runs for the release product) are UC1G1. UC1P1 is an internal designation used to indicate a preliminary build (pre-alpha). Any other letter and digits after the basic UC1 or WD1 designation means some build which needed to be distinguished from a full release. I don't know what WD1N24 means, but I'd hazard a guess that it was derived from a nightly build. Yours, Jonathan Leffler (johnl@informix.com) #include <disclaimer.h>