[support] Version confusion
Laura Scott
pinglaura at gmail.com
Wed Dec 3 23:47:20 UTC 2008
5.1.2 < 5.2 < 5.12 ... afaik.
Laura
On Dec 3, 2008, at 3:51 PM, Bob Salsburg wrote:
> Ah! Enlightenment!
>
> In some quarters, where the convention is used,5.1.2 would the
> lesser version.
>
> On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 4:56 PM, Greg Knaddison <Greg at growingventuresolutions.com
> > wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 2:06 PM, Bob Salsburg <bsisok at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I am using Drupal 5.12. It is the version available on the
> Download page.
> > Lately, I have seen reference to a 5.2 version at various places
> on the
> > Drupal site. Is this a typo? Or are their updates that I am missing?
>
> Hi Bob,
>
> That is a tricky thing.
>
> Version numbers use the decimal as a separator, not an indication of a
> fraction of a unit.
>
> It's more "Version 5 Subversion 2" than it is "Version 5 and 2/10ths."
>
> So, "Version 5 Subversion 12" is greater than "Version 5 Subversion
> 2."
>
> Maybe you could add something about this to
> http://drupal.org/handbook/version-info
>
> Regards,
> Greg
>
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