I've searched but haven't found a good explanation of this sequence of version numbers. Can you 'splain them to me? Thanks.
-
Want to remove ads? Register an account and login to see fewer ads, and become a Supporting Member to remove almost all ads.
Please Explain These Version Numbers
- Thread starter PianoAl
- Start date
Black306
Active Member
2020.8.1 = Enjoy new features!
2020.8.1.1 = FYI, we found a few minor issues
2020.12 = New features so awesome, we skipped a few numbers!
2020.8.2 = Oh sh*t!! Pull it back!!
2020.8.1.1 = FYI, we found a few minor issues
2020.12 = New features so awesome, we skipped a few numbers!
2020.8.2 = Oh sh*t!! Pull it back!!
Knightshade
Well-Known Member
2020.x is the year.
x.8.x or x.12.x is week 8 or week 12 (or whatever week of the year the base release was finalized)
x.x.1 or x.x.2 are bug fix patches on top of existing releases.... (and why I don't recommend setting updates to advanced... it's pretty rare the first release of anything doesn't have issues so you often want to wait for the .1 or .2 release to actually update.)
x.8.x or x.12.x is week 8 or week 12 (or whatever week of the year the base release was finalized)
x.x.1 or x.x.2 are bug fix patches on top of existing releases.... (and why I don't recommend setting updates to advanced... it's pretty rare the first release of anything doesn't have issues so you often want to wait for the .1 or .2 release to actually update.)
Thanks. But why was 2020.8.2 released after 2020.12? Perhaps different people got the different releases?
Knightshade
Well-Known Member
As noted they likely found a significant core issue with .12, so they pulled it back and instead issued a patch update for 8.1/8.11, that being 8.2- which is the only version teslafi shows any significant deployment of recently.... though not in massive #s so they're either testing whatever they patched before a big rollout- or it's targeted because they fixed a bug that only impacts certain cars.
gcmak
Member
Not every organization uses the ISO-standard week numbering (first day of week is Monday, W01 is the first week that has a Thursday in the year). Also note that releasing after midnight eastern time could still be the previous week in a more western time zone.
gcmak
Member
Wonder if Tesla is on a dual release track at least temporarily since theres the 2020.8.2 and 2020.12.1 releasing now.
linux-works
Active Member
often, software development 'forks branches' (creates a copy of the code and develops what is known as a 'feature branch'). that branch's purpose is to test and implement a new feature, but not move forward with other contributor's bugfixes until 'merge time' happens (integration testing and rollup of other feature branches).
its possible that a code change that was for one feature caused problems and some further-on branch didn't see those problems.
that's the semi-short view of software development and versions
linux-works
Active Member
likely not just dual but there could be even 10 trees in a dev's home directory at any given time (varies by project and company and if they are doing parallel bugfixes to multiple releases or even models, like S, X, 3).
Just got the 12.1 on the app. Car keeps loosing our wifi at the house. Contacted wifi manager (Wife) and it's installing now. Must be under the category of;
we found a few minor issues.
we found a few minor issues.
linux-works
Active Member
2020.8.1 = Enjoy new features!
2020.8.1.1 = FYI, we found a few minor issues (or: "dammit, if python only had closing brackets like normal languages; MR resubmitted.")
2020.12 = New features so awesome, we skipped a few numbers! (or: "damn, builds 9, 10 and 11 sucked so badly, lets just cancel them, outright")
2020.8.2 = Oh sh*t!! Pull it back!! (or: "the germans bombed pearl harbor?" "forget it, he's on a roll.")
2020.8.1.1 = FYI, we found a few minor issues (or: "dammit, if python only had closing brackets like normal languages; MR resubmitted.")
2020.12 = New features so awesome, we skipped a few numbers! (or: "damn, builds 9, 10 and 11 sucked so badly, lets just cancel them, outright")
2020.8.2 = Oh sh*t!! Pull it back!! (or: "the germans bombed pearl harbor?" "forget it, he's on a roll.")
Similar threads
