Intrinsic said:
weird version numbering? .1 increments denote an addition in features or an addition to the OS. .01 increments denotes stability or bug updates. How much simpler can an update numbering system be? what would you have it be? something like say..... update 1422? |
It's simple but these days it seems to be more common to use the following:
- .1 increments for major changes
- .x.1 increments for minor changes
- etc.
That is, while Sony's current system 3.50 comes after 3.4x, in the more common system 3.50 comes after 3.49 (or 3.49.x). Sony's system has issues with version numbers like 1.09, where they're kind of forced to make the next version number 1.10 no matter what the change is. Or in more extreme cases, 1.9 will have to become 2.0 no matter what. There's ways to get around that but then it's not so simple anymore. In the other method, 1.09 isn't a version number. Instead, there's either 1.9 or 1.0.9 depending on what it's supposed to mean. The first becomes 1.10 and the latter becomes 1.0.10 (if it's a change on the 'same level' as the latest version), and that's it.
Anyway, I'm not saying there is a right way to do version numbers because there probably isn't. Sony's numbering works well as long as there aren't too many minor updates, but it's not as flexible and general as the other way. I just thought it was interesting because I'm used to seeing the other method these days.
