Shoutbox

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Originally posted by ahmetgns
By the way, I just checked the one of the first Plus! Live's version number, which is 4.01.0.240, you know "0" is not needed in the number "1" in fact like "01" as well , so it may be intended to have two digits all the time in that area, so 4.50 is more true imho (agreed with Cookie)

* ahmetgns checks the website for seeing what the current case is

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I've got to say that that kinda make sense, although it'd different due to the fact that a leading 0 may not be a significant figure. However, the 0 in 4.50 is also, not a significant figure. 4.50 suggests to me that it's the fourth major release, the 50th minor, meaning a lot of updates and bug fixes

Um...


4.5 = 4.50 = 4.500000000000000000000000000000000000000

I dont understand what the big hassle is over this. 4.5 is 4.50, doesnt matter how you look at it. Of course seeing as Patchou has always used a 2 digit after the mayor build (3.00, 4.25, etc) the correct for Plus! right now would be 4.50

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Originally posted by riahc4
Um...


4.5 = 4.50 = 4.500000000000000000000000000000000000000

I dont understand what the big hassle is over this. 4.5 is 4.50, doesnt matter how you look at it. Of course seeing as Patchou has always used a 2 digit after the mayor build (3.00, 4.25, etc) the correct for Plus! right now would be 4.50

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it's different.. it is not a decimal number

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Originally posted by Voldemort

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Originally posted by riahc4
Um...


4.5 = 4.50 = 4.500000000000000000000000000000000000000

I dont understand what the big hassle is over this. 4.5 is 4.50, doesnt matter how you look at it. Of course seeing as Patchou has always used a 2 digit after the mayor build (3.00, 4.25, etc) the correct for Plus! right now would be 4.50

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it's different.. it is not a decimal number

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I agree and different devs use different systems.

But if Patchou really wanted to make a difference he would have problably released
4.50.0
then
4.50.1

Since he obviously hasnt (he has to those that know about build numbers; RTW was 310 and now it is 312) So 4.50 is 4.5

Have a read through my previous post before posting such rubbish.  I explained the numbering system that Patchou uses.

The latest build was just a few minor bug fixes that were overlooked in 310 and hence only requiring a build number change as it didnt add functionality.  A revision number is used when he needs to add something small and a minor when it has been a while and there are a few new things.  The minor gets bumped from 2 or 3 to 5 when there are significant changes, but not enough for a major build, and then that brings us to a major build.  Please look listen and understand the other posts in a thread before making a post yourself.  Furthermore, VERSION numbering is NOT DECIMAL.

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Originally posted by markee
Furthermore, VERSION numbering is NOT DECIMAL.

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But most programmers consider and display it decimal.

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Originally posted by riahc4

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Originally posted by markee
Furthermore, VERSION numbering is NOT DECIMAL.

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But most programmers consider and display it decimal.

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Which is wrong.

(And further to the previous posts, I think you were right about me contradicting myself Cookie, it was quite late at night, and I wasn't thinking straight).

Of course, what we've overlooked is.. what happened to 4.3 and 4.4?

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Originally posted by andrewdodd13

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Originally posted by riahc4

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Originally posted by markee
Furthermore, VERSION numbering is NOT DECIMAL.

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But most programmers consider and display it decimal.

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Which is wrong.

(And further to the previous posts, I think you were right about me contradicting myself Cookie, it was quite late at night, and I wasn't thinking straight).

Of course, what we've overlooked is.. what happened to 4.3 and 4.4?

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As I explained, the x.5y version numbering is used when there i a significant enough changes to disassociate it from other minor builds, however not enough for a major build (just like what WLM/MSN uses/d).

Hey guys, I think most of us have agreed that version numbering conventions in the development world don't use decimal numbers and by *those* conventions 4.5.xxx != 4.50.xxx, but I think we're making too much of a fuss over something that should just be focused on what most people will understand or not. 4.5 (in mathematics not in version numbering, and remember it's not a version number) means 4 and a half, with or without trailing zeros, and that's what the 4.5 means in the website: the 4th and a half revolution in Messenger Plus history.

(I know most in this thread agreed that 4.5 could be seen as 4.05, i.e. 45 minor revisions before 4.50, but consider the potential thoughts of the thousands of people who couldn't care less about participating in a forum thread about version numbering and are quite used to the mathematical view of a number with one single dot acting as a decimal separator).

So you're saying and assuming that everybody who reads it on the main page sees it as a number with a decimal point and/or doesn't care about it?

This is not the case; there are also people who do know about proper version number formatting (without reading this thread) and do care about it.

In fact, one must actually read this thread to understand what the 4.5 actually means. Even those who still see it as a version number didn't even know that it was meant to be the milestone (or branding or revolution or whatever you call it) four and a half!!!

Thus my point was to make it so that there is no confusing for anybody, including those who don't know about version numbers, including those who don't care about it and including those who do know about version numbers (and including those who see it as a brand name).

This can only be accomplished if you show 4.50...

The reason why I personally made such a fuss about it is because if people are constantly going to ignore these facts or do as if it doesn't matter, nobody would ever learn how to use version numbering properly. I know there are more important things in the world. But simply stating "who cares" or ignoring it isn't helping either. Why would you do/make something which can be seen as confusing to some people, while you can make it not-confusing for everybody, with the same amount of effort?