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Pride Versioning (lemmy.ml)

submitted 6 months ago by yogthos@lemmy.ml to c/programmerhumor@lemmy.ml

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[–] davel@lemmy.ml 53 points 6 months ago (4 children)

Sloth Versioning: YYYYMMDDhhmm
Wrath Versioning: _new_final_newer_latest_newest

[–] Jolteon@lemmy.zip 28 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

Greed versioning: 1.2.3_Patreon
Envy versioning: (Competitor version number plus one)

[–] Infrapink@thebrainbin.org 11 points 6 months ago

Lust versioning: 69.80085_d1cc

Despair versioning: 0.0.0.1

[–] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 6 months ago

Envy versioning is how a lot of smartphones are named. But most of them settled on current year (YY).

[–] I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Comcast Xfinity 10G! Our Wi-Fi is so fast it'll melt your face!

I think they got sued for that since 5G is a real thing and they were implying that 10G is twice as good

[–] boobs_@lemmy.world 11 points 6 months ago

v1.0.0 final v3 retry fixed (1) (1)

[–] Naz@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 months ago

TIL: I am wrath

[–] HexaBack@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 5 months ago

Unironically I version my software by a YYYY.MM.DD datestamp of when I built it

[–] Trying2KnowMyself@lemmy.ml 21 points 6 months ago (1 children)

AWS: 1.12.797

[–] MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca 11 points 6 months ago

[–] orc_princess@lemmy.ml 14 points 6 months ago (1 children)

This feels so true for stuff that isn't just dates lmao

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Look, 1984 is when I got my first circumcision.

I got my second one at Dismey Wards..

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 13 points 6 months ago

Our prod version is 0.0.178

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 6 months ago

Actually not bad for remembering.

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Reminds me of the hierarchical enzyme classification codes

Essentially any enzyme can be categorised according to function

[–] Evotech@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

I like this. Definitely going to be implementing into my hobby projects

[–] WIPocket@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

This explains systemd versioning so well.

[–] Kefla@hexbear.net 5 points 6 months ago

kril-drained here you go, version 0.0.978

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

Does 1.5B count?

[–] Lodespawn@aussie.zone 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Oh we have an system manufacturer who uses this

[–] blobii@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

linus torvalds versioning:

major: bump when the second number gets too big

minor: bump when the third number gets too big

patch: bump every update

[–] beeng@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 6 months ago

https://0ver.org/