On 9/1/24 16:02, Thomas Schmitt wrote:
Hi, Nicholas Geovanis wrote:
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The idea that we need version numbers embedded in filenames involuntarily may be "natural" to somebody.I have never seen any version other than ";1" (and ISOs which simply ignore the specs about file names). It's a non-functional relic, which in Linux can only be uncovered if you suppress Rock Ridge, Joliet, and name mapping during the mount command.And I've been an IBM mainframe admin and developer too.
Whilst, as I previously made the point, this is all off-topic for a Debian operating system users mailing list, one (and, only one) of the applications of version numbers as part of file descriptors, with (in the case of VAX/VMS) up to the last seven versions of a file, being retained, was a useful tool for software developers, but, responsible software development, and, especially, the teaching of responsible software development, have been abandoned, over the last decades.
And, that, in itself, is a good example where reverting to a previous version, would be good.
.... Bret Busby Armadale Western Australia (UTC+0800) .................