Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!wuarchive!udel!rochester!rutgers!cbmvax!eric From: eric@cbmvax.commodore.com (Eric Cotton) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc Subject: Re: AmigaDOS v2.03 Message-ID: <21337@cbmvax.commodore.com> Date: 7 May 91 14:05:43 GMT References: <21136@cbmvax.commodore.com> <3458@trlluna.trl.oz> <1991May6.071502.13395@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> Reply-To: eric@cbmvax.commodore.com (Eric Cotton) Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA Lines: 35 In article <1991May6.071502.13395@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita) writes: >In article <3458@trlluna.trl.oz> aduncan@titan.trl.OZ.AU (Allan Duncan) writes: >>From article <21136@cbmvax.commodore.com>, by eric@cbmvax.commodore.com (Eric Cotton): >>... >>>>What is the version number? Is it greater than 37.33? >>> >>> No. Release 2.03 is comprised of: >>> >>> Kickstart 36.209 >>> Workbench/Extras 36.102 >> >>I'm puzzled by the continued appearance of two sets of version numbers - >>a two decimal place set with a "37" prefix, and a three decimal set with >>"36" prefix. >>This has been going on for some time now - has anyone (Eric?) got an >>explanation? >> > 36/37 is simply the version of the OS and the numbers >after the decimal point are the specific revision within that >version. All the is available to non-developers/A3000 owners is >2.03, which is the 36.209/36.102. Ethan is correct. Each time we do a "build" of a new Kickstart or WB we automatically bump the revision number. Likewise, each time a program on the WB disks or a module in Kickstart is changed the program/module's revision number is changed. This aids us in tracking down bugs by identifying the specific revision at fault. Developers and users are encouraged to include revision numbers of all disks and programs when submitting bugs (bugs@cbmvax). -- Eric Cotton Commodore-Amiga (215) 431-9100 1200 Wilson Drive {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!eric West Chester, PA 19380 "I don't find this stuff amusing anymore."