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Re: JDK 1.7.0_75 and 1..8.0_31 are out

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On Mon, 26 Jan 2015 21:23:16 -0800, Roedy Green wrote:

> It is still missing the ability to judge how old
> software is just from its version number.
>
I definitely want to know whether a new version retains backward 
compatibility or not and what, if anything, is deprecated, but if a 
version is bug-free, why should I care when it was released? 

As a concrete example, I have programs that I use regularly that depend 
on termcap for terminal handling. The latest version of GNU termcap is 
1.3.1 and its manpage says it was last released in 1996. It has no bugs 
that I've ever discovered. I last compiled it in 2013 - with no errors - 
and it works just fine, so why would I care when that version was 
released: I've never known its release date before and looked it up just 
so I could quote it here.
  

I'm really mystified about why you think the release date has any 
significance.

BTW, I notice that you haven't included a link to semver.org in your 
glossary entry. Why not? Its a top-level URL for that domain, so unlikely 
to change, and as its well worth reading the document it references, 
adding a link would be a good thing to do.


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JDK 1.7.0_75 and 1..8.0_31 are out Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2015-01-20 17:10 -0800
  Re: JDK 1.7.0_75 and 1..8.0_31 are out Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2015-01-20 17:16 -0800
    Re: JDK 1.7.0_75 and 1..8.0_31 are out Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2015-01-20 17:24 -0800
      Re: JDK 1.7.0_75 and 1..8.0_31 are out Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2015-01-21 21:13 -0500
        Re: JDK 1.7.0_75 and 1..8.0_31 are out Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2015-01-21 19:53 -0800
          Re: JDK 1.7.0_75 and 1..8.0_31 are out Joshua Cranmer 🐧 <Pidgeot18@verizon.invalid> - 2015-01-22 11:36 -0600
            Re: JDK 1.7.0_75 and 1..8.0_31 are out Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-01-22 21:23 +0000
            Re: JDK 1.7.0_75 and 1..8.0_31 are out Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2015-01-26 21:23 -0800
              Re: JDK 1.7.0_75 and 1..8.0_31 are out Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-01-27 11:00 +0000
          Re: JDK 1.7.0_75 and 1..8.0_31 are out Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2015-01-24 21:27 -0500
            Re: JDK 1.7.0_75 and 1..8.0_31 are out Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2015-01-24 22:07 -0500
              Re: JDK 1.7.0_75 and 1..8.0_31 are out Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2015-01-24 22:21 -0500
              Re: JDK 1.7.0_75 and 1..8.0_31 are out Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2015-01-26 21:29 -0800
                Re: JDK 1.7.0_75 and 1..8.0_31 are out Joerg Meier <joergmmeier@arcor.de> - 2015-01-27 08:58 +0100
                Re: JDK 1.7.0_75 and 1..8.0_31 are out Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2015-02-01 09:43 -0500
            Re: JDK 1.7.0_75 and 1..8.0_31 are out Jukka Lahtinen <jtfjdehf@hotmail.com.invalid> - 2015-01-25 11:39 +0200
              Re: JDK 1.7.0_75 and 1..8.0_31 are out Jukka Lahtinen <jtfjdehf@hotmail.com.invalid> - 2015-01-25 20:56 +0200
            Re: JDK 1.7.0_75 and 1..8.0_31 are out Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2015-01-26 21:25 -0800
              Re: JDK 1.7.0_75 and 1..8.0_31 are out Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2015-02-01 09:35 -0500
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    Re: JDK 1.7.0_75 and 1..8.0_31 are out Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2015-01-21 21:22 -0500

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