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semantic-versioning
alejnavab
alejnavab

Reputation: 1212

What does version.x mean?

When you browse on the Internet and find paragraphs saying a version number followed by a dot (.) and ex (x), in programs usually. E.g. in Minecrat 1.8.x, or Apache 1.x.

Upvotes: 1

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alejnavab
alejnavab

Reputation: 1212

It is called Semantic Versioning, and it's just a geeky way to display unspecific versioning (i.e. versions of a software/hardware). In semantic versioning (link above) the format is X.Y.Z (MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH).

Just like in math, each letter represents a variable. X is for a major version, Y for minors and Z for patches.

Let's take the Minecraft (a videogame) example: the game has a version of 1.8, and within this version they have patches (very small versions/changes), such as 1.8.8, 1.8.9, etc. If you're writing a paragraph and want to refer to all versions (patches) as long as they're from the major version 1.8, you can replace the formula X.Y.Z with 1.8.X.

Of course, you don't have to type it like that, since 1.8 will refer to all. Again, just a geeky way.

Some people don't follow the formula of X.Y.Z and simply enter the variable version/patch as Z, as in the Apache example, where it's 1.X instead of the correct way --acording to Semantic Versioning-- 1.Y.

Upvotes: 1

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