Software numbers

[oagersnap]

Who decides what version numbers software has?
For example, Civ4 went from 1.0 to 1.8, and then to 1.9. Why was there such a big gap in the beginning, and a small gapm afterwards? Why don't they just go from 1.0 to 1.1, then 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, etc.?

 

[Comraddict]

Who decides what version numbers software has?
For example, Civ4 went from 1.0 to 1.8, and then to 1.9. Why was there such a big gap in the beginning, and a small gapm afterwards? Why don't they just go from 1.0 to 1.1, then 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, etc.?

some releases are only internal, every company has their scheme.. for example GNOME organization releases only even numbers (2.02... 2.08, 2.10) and odd are internal testing

note difference between 1.09 (means 1.0.9) and 1.9

 

[oagersnap]

some releases are only internal, every company has their scheme.. for example GNOME organization releases only even numbers (2.02... 2.08, 2.10) and odd are internal testing

note difference between 1.09 (means 1.0.9) and 1.9

Yes, I knew it was something with a 9, but not the exact number...

 

[Aphex_Twin]

Something like this: 1.2.3.4.5.6 means - version 1, major revision 2, revision 3, minor revision 4, ... What 'major' and 'minor' mean though, are a little relative.

 

[Padma]

Every company has their own method for assigning numbers. In the specific case mentioned for Firaxis, they number each version going to QA for official test. Only the versions that pass QA are released to the public, so versions 1.01 - 1.07 were rejected by QA. 1.08 was accidentally released, and 1.09 was the *official* release. (And 1.09 is not the same as 1.0.9. The next version tested will be 1.10. Each position between "dots" can theoretically be any size (but only rarely more than 2 digits). )