Detangling Rev versions

[Shari]

>Hi Shari,
>I am so glad you asked the question.  (because I don't know the
>answer either)  I just reported my first bug. I was all confused
>with the rev version and just entered 2.8.1.  Did you search bugzilla
>to see if a 'version decoder' is already an enhancement request?
>
>--Michael Binder

LOL!  No, I sure didn't :-)  But that is a GOOD idea!  Eric's 
explanation of the DP versions helps a little, if I understood 
correctly that no DP version matches a GM version.  But that still 
doesn't explain how the build numbers fit into all of it, and why GM 
isn't listed as an option in Bugzilla.

Bugzilla lists vanilla 2.8.1, several DP options, and several RC 
options.  No GM or build number 47x options, which is all I could 
figure out to pull out of my version.

So in my bug reports, I included the build number so they'd know what 
version I'm reporting on, presuming they themselves have a nifty 
decoder :-)

I will input this as a feature request.  I do think this is 
important, as it is very confusing when reporting a bug.  I just 
assumed everybody else here magically *knew* the decoding secrets ;-)

She has bug number 5175.

Shari
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