r/MinecraftJava • u/moonrattler • 1d ago
Discussion New version name rant
Does anyone else not like how the new versions are named? I prefer 1.X not 26.X. It makes me feel like it’s a new game entirely. When was this changed? Why?
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u/AnotherPillow 1d ago
It was changed with the release of 26.1 because the drops make semver impractical
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u/Helostopper 1d ago
Was changed this year. Their old system was too confusing when it came to bug fixes and drops.
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u/ApprehensiveDelay238 1d ago
Major.minor.patch. How is that hard to understand. It's used in 99% of software ein the world.
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u/Helostopper 1d ago
that is how it is now that's not how it was back then. patch or content drop it was always the next number it didn't matter. 1.21.1 was a hotfix 1.21.2 was a content drop 1.21.3 was another bugfix.
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u/showmethething 1d ago
Having the year in the version number is going to be quite handy in the future too. A lot of my mc knowledge is "this is how I did it X time ago but it doesn't work anymore, when did that change?" and now you actually have a human readable time reference to start looking
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u/Burning_Toast998 1d ago
that’s because Mojang made the conscious decision to go against convention.
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u/JarnisKerman 1d ago
Dude, as numbering schemes from Microsoft goes, consider yourself lucky. Windows versions are like 3.11, 95, 98, XP, 2000, VISTA, 7, 8, 10, 11. Xbox is like Xbox, 360, One.
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u/BluishMontoya 1d ago
I'm fine with the numbering change, but what about the name? "Chaos Cubed"? "Mounts of Mayhem"? There's nothing adding extra chaos or mayhem and they just sound STUPID. Caves and cliffs is better imo because it's js saying what it is.
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u/Astrodion123 1d ago
Fun fact. Technically 26.x can be called also 1.26.x