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My friend (not going to say who he/she is) call Minetest "Minetest 4.6" not Minetest 0.4.6.
Is it acceptable to call it Minetest 4.6 instead of Minetest 0.4.6.
Another question
Is it acceptable to call it MineTest instead of Minetest

Version numbers have meanings.

People should avoid using incorrect version number as this cause confusion and also defeates the purpose of having a versionning scheme.

DanielN wrote:Version numbers have meanings.

People should avoid using incorrect version number as this cause confusion and also defeates the purpose of having a versionning scheme.

I seriously agree to that.
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Re: 4.6, that's a no. as Daniel said, version numbers have a meaning.
The '0' is the major version number, and it's usually incremented on *very* big changes in the software.
The '4' is the minor version number, and is incremented on big changes in the software.
The '6' is the revision number, and is incremented on smaller changes in the software.

Yea, its not that hard to use "0.4.6" instead of "4.6".

Also, it is "Minetest", "MineTest" is complete bullshit.

My friend I think is having a problem calling it 0.4.6.He seem to get pissed when I correct him >:D

The "0" major version number is important: it indicates that Minetest is still not done. If it was 4.6, that would mean that Minetest was done a long time ago, and that this is the third huge, probably compatibility-breaking change after it was already finished. Obviously, that is not the case.

Personally, I can't stand when people use wrong version numbers like that. Another similar thing I can't stand is when people refer to the unstable version of SuperTux as "SuperTux 2"; I've even had some people insist that "SuperTux 2" is a correct description of what Milestone 1.9 is on another forum, though to be fair the SuperTux team kind of brought that on themselves by suggesting for distros to call the unstable package "supertux2", and pasting "SuperTux 2" in the title bar.

EDIT: Are you calling it "zero point four point six" (or "naught point four point six" if you're British)? I'd like to point out that that's not technically correct; the dot is not a decimal point, but a separator. So the technically correct, and also quicker, way to say the version number is "zero four six" (or "naught four six" if you're British).

i belive it should be 0.4.6.x and the .x is the dev version though we refer to it as 0.4.6-dev-asd765a96d. which is fine by me but it annoys me when someone say 4.6 causeeeeeeee it is llike you say we are behind in development compared to minecraft but ahead in version number?

kaeza wrote:Re: 4.6, that's a no. as Daniel said, version numbers have a meaning.
The '0' is the major version number, and it's usually incremented on *very* big changes in the software.
The '4' is the minor version number, and is incremented on big changes in the software.
The '6' is the revision number, and is incremented on smaller changes in the software.

I think it is patch number, not revision. Same thing though.

xavier108 wrote:My friend I think is having a problem calling it 0.4.6.He seem to get pissed when I correct him >:D

latest stable. just call it latest stable.