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Question: Does the build number always increment no matter the version or does the build number resets to 1 for every new version? (self.programming)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by MortySmith to c/programming

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[–] [email protected] 39 points 6 months ago (3 children)

That is 100% up to every team to decide. Version numbering is completely arbitrary.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Since version 3, TeX has used an idiosyncratic version numbering system, where updates have been indicated by adding an extra digit at the end of the decimal, so that the version number asymptotically approaches π. This is a reflection of the fact that TeX is now very stable, and only minor updates are anticipated. The current version of TeX is 3.141592653

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Knuth has also decided that once he dies, a last version will be made which sets the version number exactly to pi.

[–] Kissaki 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

He's gonna live a long life. Until we know pi.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

He has to finish section 7.2.2 of his book

[–] Cirk2 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I wish. Sadly the google play store requires monotonically increasing build numbers, so any option of resetting build numbers after major releases goes out the window.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

Do Google engineers get off on writing software that's only compatible within their own little world, then offering it as some de facto standard?

Google Cloud had a ton of these that make it arbitrarily hard to use.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I had lengthy discussions about that because two companies conventions collided.

We talked literally hours about the benefits of build numbers, branch specific identifiers and so on.

[–] Kissaki 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

What conclusion did you come to?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

None. The project was ultimately cancelled for unrelated reasons.