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Re: [platform-dev] Inconsistent version change in SWT 4.30
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Please report an issue here: https://github.com/eclipse-platform/eclipse.platform.swt/issues
We can discuss on the issue then if that is a bug or not.
On Friday November 17 17:38:25 2023 (+01:00), Gregor Schmid via platform-dev wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I started looking at SWT 4.30RC1 today and I think there's an
> inconsistency that I'd like to bring to your attention.
>
> MINOR_VERSION in org.eclipse.swt.internal.Library is usually increased
> by 2 for each version. In SWT 4.29 it was 962, so the expected value
> in 4.30 is 964. However, it is currently 963.
>
> In case I missed a decision to regularly increase MINOR_VERSION by 1
> from now on (e.g. to gain more time before reaching 4 digits, that
> would make sense), please just let me know and accept my apologies for
> wasting time here.
>
> In case this is inadvertent:
>
> I know that this scheme is not fixed in any buy, but just convention.
> There was an inadvertent break of the scheme in SWT 4.18 where
> MINOR_VERSION increased by 4 and we had a discussion then. It was too
> difficult to fix, so be it.
>
> In this case, if it was a mistake, I hope it can still be fixed.
> Otherwise all code that tries to map old-style version numbers to
> Library *_VERSION constants will break and need tweaking for this new
> special case.
>
> Alternatively, please consider my remark above about 3 vs. 4 digits in
> MINOR_VERSION. This could be a good time to change the scheme to
> increase by 1 instead of 2 from now on. It would give us 9 years of 3
> digits instead of 4.5. :-)
>
> Thanks and best regards,
> Greg
>
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