To Avoid Confusion: Oracle's Confusing New Java Numbering Scheme

twofishy writes "'To avoid the confusion caused by renumbering releases,' Oracle has announced that it is adopting a new numbering scheme for JDK 5.0, JDK 6 and JDK 7. 'The next Limited Update for JDK 7 will be numbered 7u40, and the next 3 CPUs after that will be numbered 7u45, 7u51, and 7u55." The vendor notes that a more elegant solution would require the changing of the version numbering scheme to accommodate different kinds of changes (for example by using 7u44-2 ). However this cannot be implemented outside of a major release, since doing so might break existing code that parses version strings (possibly including the Java auto-update system)" Here's Oracle's announcement.

Comments

Why Does Name Matter?

[Karganeth]

Surely they could just number them from 1 to infinity. Why does name matter? Who knows.

Simpler solution..

[xtal]

I resolved the issue by removing it.. perhaps, that is the intended effect. Apologies to those with no choice.

Re:CPU=Critical Patch Update

[ArcadeMan]

Oh, a different meaning for an acronym that's been in use for over 50 years. That will sure help with the confusion!

Ask Toolbar

[Anonymous Coward]

I don't care what they call it so long as I don't have to install any toolbars.

Like seriously what is this 2003? It's crowding out my "Bonzi Buddy"

Wow. Just wow.

[QilessQi]

After reading the Oracle announcement through three times, I actually checked my calendar to see if April 1st had somehow come around again.

Which is a distinct possibility if Oracle takes over the Gregorian Calendar next.