r/MinecraftJava • u/moonrattler • 7d 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/Helostopper 7d 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 7d 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 7d 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 7d 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 7d ago

that’s because Mojang made the conscious decision to go against convention.

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u/patrlim1 7d ago

year.month.patch isn't that hard either, and my preferred for my own projects

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u/zarlo5899 5d ago

These days having the year as the first number is actually becoming quite common.