Messages in this thread | | | From | Gene Heskett <> | Subject | Re: New versioning scheme ? ( 2.6.8.1 ) | Date | Sat, 14 Aug 2004 23:18:30 -0400 |
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On Saturday 14 August 2004 22:04, xerces8 wrote: >Hi! > >Can someone tell me why the ages old, established versioning scheme > of x.y.z was "abolished" and x.y.z.w was introduced ? > >Regards, >David Balazic > It wasn't abolished, there was a showstopper problem discovered before the ink was dry on the original announcment of 2.6.8. Thats (the .1) the fixed release.
Stuff happens. To me, thats a very minor concern. My 11 year old Shelty friend and pet took sick and died a horrible death all in about 4 hours today while we were unable to locate a vet who was available on a Saturday. So an instant fix .1 release is very minor to me.
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