What happened to LC version numbers?

[Richmond Mathewson]

Why worry?

When I release a new version of my Devawriter Pro I think of a number, 
multiply it by 3.3 recurring, subtract 7 and claim it
was all the result of a mystical experience, and, so far, no one has 
complained.

With the shining examples of Microsoft . . . as a kid said to me the 
other day: "How come that boy has just been given an old laptop by his
Granddad that is running Windows 95 when mine only runs Windows 10?"

and Apple:

System 6, 7, 8, 9 and then "10" (whoops 'X') for the last 15 years,

nobody should let seemingly illogical numbering systems fuss them.

After all . . .  8.1.6 comes AFTER 8.1.5, and DP-8 comes AFTER DP-7, and 
RC-3 comes AFTER RC-2;
which IS better than Windows 1, 2, 3, 95, 98, ME, Vista, XP, 7, 8, 10 
[may have left out some there] in
so many ways I cannot list them.

When is Apple going to release System 11, if ever?

Richmond.

On 7/19/17 7:44 pm, Mark Wieder via use-livecode wrote:
> On 07/19/2017 06:54 AM, Bob Hall via use-livecode wrote:
>> Why are we testing a new feature in a RELEASE CANDIDATE version #2? 
>> Why are significant features being added at all to the 8.x branch? 
>> What standard (if any) do Livecode version numbers follow?
>
> I was wondering along the same lines. I have previously been assured 
> that new "features" don't get rolled into release candidate builds, 
> and the only changes in successive rc builds are things that caused 
> regression failures in earlier builds. It seems that this policy has 
> now changed to allow for changes to see how new users will react.
>