Version numbers
This always amuses me. As if the kernel version of 2.6.20.16.28.1 was too short, here are a couple more to marvel at:
Opensource version numbers from the Ubuntu repository:
6.0.2900.2180.xpsp_sp2gdr.050301-1519 (Internet Explorer 6).
In terms of actual point numbers, the linux kernel image of 2.6.20.16.28.1 pales in comparison to a Drupal based shopping cart's version number of 1.125.2.23.2.17.2.50. That's a whole eight levels of nesting!
I gave up on such schemes long time ago. Everything I code has only a serially increasing 'build number' which starts from 1 and goes up to however many times I change and re-build it ...
Opensource version numbers from the Ubuntu repository:
- The commented version number
libqt3-mt - 3:3.3.8really3.3.7-0ubuntu5.1 - The dfsg version number
libmagick9 - 7:6.2.4.5.dfsg1-0.14ubuntu0.1 - The source package version number
libnss3 - 2:1.firefox2.0.0.6+1-0ubuntu1 - The kernel module version number
nvidia-glx-legacy - 1.0.7184+2.6.20.5-16.29 - The compulsively specific version number
freewnn-common - 1.1.0+1.1.1-a021-1.1 - The all-in-one cvs tag version number
faad - 2.0.0+cvs20040908+mp4v2+bmp-0ubuntu3 - The usual timestamp version number
ippd - 1:3.10.20070306-0ubuntu1 - The holy-crap-you-win version number
comerr-dev - 2.1-1.39+1.40-WIP-2006.11.14+dfsg-2ubuntu1
6.0.2900.2180.xpsp_sp2gdr.
In terms of actual point numbers, the linux kernel image of 2.6.20.16.28.1 pales in comparison to a Drupal based shopping cart's version number of 1.125.2.23.2.17.2.50. That's a whole eight levels of nesting!
I gave up on such schemes long time ago. Everything I code has only a serially increasing 'build number' which starts from 1 and goes up to however many times I change and re-build it ...
