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Version date in menu "Help-About". Update from July 21

Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2022 6:20 pm
by VictorKrs
Good evening! On July 21, version 17.3.1 was updated. But in the "Help-About" menu, the version date is June 17. Question! Is the updated version from July 21 available for download, or is it an error in specifying the version date?

Re: Version date in menu "Help-About". Update from July 21

Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2022 8:10 pm
by Pablo
This is what we call an 'hot-fix'. An hot fix does not update the version, but includes improvements based on user feedback.
You can find more details in the 'whatsnew.txt' file.

Re: Version date in menu "Help-About". Update from July 21

Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2022 6:20 pm
by VictorKrs
Thanks! But I meant that the update date is not 21.07.2022 specified in "About". The version number of course remains current :) The question arose due to the fact that you did not actually update the version, but only announced that the "hot-fix" was released.

Re: Version date in menu "Help-About". Update from July 21

Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2022 6:39 pm
by BaconFries
Just because a "Hotfix" is applied it does not warrant a version update. Look at it this way lets say a issue is reported 10 times a week then that would mean ten "New" updates version numbes in one week. So a update to the version number is only made when there are a number of minor updates or tweaks are made then a "New" version number is made and released.

Re: Version date in menu "Help-About". Update from July 21

Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2022 3:48 pm
by alan_sh
BF - he means the release date in help/about isn't the same as that on the download web page.

Alan

Re: Version date in menu "Help-About". Update from July 21

Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2022 4:54 pm
by Pablo
When releasing an hot-fix, the main focus is to solve the reported issue as quickly as possible. Changing the date, version number etc would take a lot more time, because these changes also affect the translations, setup etc.
So, usually I only update these values when the official update is released.