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imtringued on Nov 13, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: The cargo cult of versioning

You're overthinking this. The only significant difference between the versions 1.2.3 and 1.4.5 is that 1.4.5 is instantly recognized as the newer version. Can you say the same about two arbitrary commit hashes?

jamaicahest on Nov 13, 2017 [–]

But what is the value in knowing that it is newer, if you know nothing else than that it is newer?

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