Questions tagged [version]

Version defines an unique state of a computer software or a file.

Versions and version control systems are widely used in software industry to keep track of different versions of a piece of software.

Following processes and techniques are often used in computer software engineering to keep track of different versions:

Software versioning is the process of assigning either unique version names or unique version numbers to unique states of computer software.

At a fine-grained level, revision control is often used for keeping track of incrementally different versions of electronic information, whether or not this information is actually computer software.

One of the forms of revision control is a versioning file system. Such a system is any computer file system which allows a computer file to exist in several versions at the same time.

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How to find which version of R is required for a package

I have R version 3.0.1 however this is too recent it seems to install the package darch. Therefore I would like to know how to find out what version of R I need to have installed in order to use this package?
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How safe is to build an app for Android 1.5 devices while targeting Android 1.6 SDK?

I'm building an application, and need to support both 1.5 (Magic and Hero) and 1.6 (Tattoo) devices. As Android SDK is forward compatible, it seemed logical to build against Android 1.5 SDK, and expect application to work on Tattoo. While that's…
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Linking against specific Qt library version number

I am developing a Qt application that I need to distribute. I need to ensure that the distributed application links at runtime against Qt version 4.8.1, but my application binary always depends on Qt 4, which points to a different version on my…
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Why does 'pip' require "setuptools >= 0.8" even though I have 2.1 installed?

When I attempt certain commands with pip, I get an error message stating that pip “requires setuptools >= 0.8 for dist-info” even though I have, according to yolk -l (as well as pip list), a much higher version of setuptools installed: pip …
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Detect all Oracle versions installed

How can I check all oracle versions and platforms that installed on windows machine from a command line or byscript ? Till now I was using tnsping and check for the output but it only show the first version according to the path environment…
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Perl compare version numbers 5.1 < 5.10

I am having difficulties in comparing 2 versions. If we have 5.1 and 5.10 then 5.1 should be smaller than 5.10. I know that in decimal it should read 5.01 and 5.10. But is there a way to compare it using 5.1 and 5.10? perl -e 'use warnings; use…
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Store version number in java object

i am currently writing a java game with a peer-to-peer "network protocol". This means i send object over the network to the other game. As the development goes on i add and remove stuff. I change the game and it becomes eventually incompatible with…
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Git version is different between remote and local copy

Do you think I will have any kind of problem by using different git software versions between the remote and local copy? In my case the remote is 1.6.5.7 and the local is 1.6.5.1 (few bug fixes) Thx ;)
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How to modify the Linux kernel to change the version string that uname returns?

I'm working with an old (2.6.33.2) version of embedded Linux and have been asked to change the kernel so that differently patched kernel images can be told apart. At the moment, uname -v outputs e.g."#1 Wed Sep 11 07:07:51 BST 2013. Hence I'd like…
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Get application version in Xamarin.iOS no longer working?

I'm using string version = NSBundle.MainBundle.ObjectForInfoDictionary("CFBundleVersion").ToString(); to get my app's version. It is set to 1.2.0 However the code above returns 1.0. I have already recreated info.plist without success. I know I…
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Different versions of the same app depending on device (app store)

I have submitted my game to the App Store and updated it, now the newest version is the version that every one who downloads my game should get, Right? Now the problem is, when I download my game from the App Store on my iPad mini I get the correct…
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Netty 3.2.6 to Netty 4.0x migration

I have following specific queries on migration a) I am currently using IdleStateAwareChannelUpstreamHandler to handle channelIdle event along with other regular ChannelUpstream event callbacks. When this is migrated to 4.0x model, what should be the…
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How Do I Detect the Adobe Acrobat Version Installed in Firefox via JavaScript

I know this can be done in IE by creating an ActiveX object, but how do I do it in FF. The navigator.plugins['Adobe Acrobat'] object lets me know if it's installed or not, but it doesn't contain the version number. Any ideas?
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Database versioning

I have made few projects (CMS and EC system) that required to have some data versioned. Usually I come with that kind of schema +--------------+ + foobar + +--------------+ + foobar_id + + version + +--------------+ it worked great…
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how to change the version of android application

Hello i have problem with changing the android version for the application, i have made in the "Package Explorer" under the Project saying me Android 4.2.2 but i have tried on some lower version like 4.1 and its working but when i try on 2.2…
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