Java version numbering scheme

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Jan Goyvaerts

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May 13, 2013, 9:05:59 AM5/13/13
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Anders Holmbech Brandt

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May 14, 2013, 4:32:49 AM5/14/13
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sigh

VERY clear now :-)

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Anders


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Jan Goyvaerts

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May 14, 2013, 4:55:20 AM5/14/13
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Why not Fibonacci build numbers ? :-p 

Just kidding ...




Fabrizio Giudici

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May 14, 2013, 5:07:37 AM5/14/13
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On Tue, 14 May 2013 10:55:20 +0200, Jan Goyvaerts <java.a...@gmail.com>
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> Why not Fibonacci build numbers ? :-p
>
> Just kidding ...

We're quite lucky that they didn't adopt the usual Oracle scheme such as
1.8.0.34455.6039.783025...

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Russel Winder

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May 14, 2013, 5:16:19 AM5/14/13
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On Tue, 2013-05-14 at 11:07 +0200, Fabrizio Giudici wrote:
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> We're quite lucky that they didn't adopt the usual Oracle scheme such as
> 1.8.0.34455.6039.783025...

Or the TeX scheme: 3.1415926

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Bruce Chapman

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May 15, 2013, 5:44:01 AM5/15/13
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I know they are having trouble getting releases out on time, so I
suspect this release is a month and a half late, and should have shipped
the same day as /.'s ROT13 encryption.

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