[GNC] Confusing version numbers

[aeg]

    On Tuesday, 7 March 2023 at 10:37:18 GMT, Maf. King <maf at chilwell.net> wrote:  
 
 On Tuesday, 7 March 2023 09:34:59 GMT aeg via gnucash-user wrote:
> Is there a reason why GnuCash version numbers don't follow a sequence 4.00,
> 4.01, 4.02, etc. instead of 4.0. 4.1, 4.2? I find it a little confusing
> that 4.9 is older than 4.12, and that 4.902 comes just before 5.0
> 
> Alan
>

Not wishing to speak for the dev team... but this is how I understand the 
numbering:

4.1  does _NOT_ have a decimal point in it.  perhaps if it were written as 
4_1 it would make more logical to you as the . would not be overloaded with 
another meaning.

Major release 4.  Update (bug fix) 1.  .... Update 9...... Update 12.....

Update 900 is the "preview" to the next major version (5), and similarly 901, 
902. etc. follow on in sequence...  100 possible previews should be enough!

HTH,
Maf.

Thank you for pointing that out; I've probably been viewing it as a decimal point.
Alan