Hiza

[pinbrook]

Sorry, i think they should have them, it aint proper english

from the king of grammar

[Mark H]

Shouldn't there be an apostrophe in aint, ie ain't ??

[wfl]

And what about i.e. having a few full stops as it is short for "id est" ?

[Mark H]

Yes - good point. I used to work in a large organisation where some punctuation (such as commas in addresses, and full stops in i.e and e.g.) was frowned upon in letters and reports because it didn't fit the style guide - i.e. didn't "look good" - old (bad) habits die hard.

[wfl]

And so to topic.

I would like a tenner on; Does What It Says

[Darren B]

from the king of grammar

My point exactly - that dry humour again

[Mark H]

Sorry to explore even deeper depths of tedium, but what do the release letters actually stand for?

[fergusw]

I believe they actually relate to an alphabetical incremental release of code changes for the Developers to use and track.

From memory:
8.5.1 HFUA
The 8 refers to version number
The 5 refers to database updates i.e. different database structure
The 1 refers to final patch/version release number, incrementally

I would guess that the 4 letters refer to their internal developer tracking
i.e. The very first one would be something like AAAA and each one would refer to an element of the software build e.g. first letter refers to the GUI, second to script changes, third to login changes and so on....

I'm sure someone at Actinic would happily share their internal development techniques, processes and tracking methods

[Mark H]

I'm sure someone at Actinic would happily share their internal development techniques, processes and tracking methods

Thanks Fergus. Perhaps we should just let them get on with it

[wfl]

first letter refers to the GUI, second to script changes, third to login changes and so on....

Aww don't spoil it ..... I am sure H is for Hungarian.

[Duncan Rounding]

No I think it's to do with who did the particular build.
1st letter - First letter of country of origin
2nd letter - First letter of given name
3rd letter - First letter of family name
4th letter - Incremental code letter of build

[leehack]

I believe they actually relate to an alphabetical incremental release of code changes for the Developers to use and track.

From memory:
8.5.1 HFUA
The 8 refers to version number
The 5 refers to database updates i.e. different database structure
The 1 refers to final patch/version release number, incrementally

I would guess that the 4 letters refer to their internal developer tracking
i.e. The very first one would be something like AAAA and each one would refer to an element of the software build e.g. first letter refers to the GUI, second to script changes, third to login changes and so on....

I'm sure someone at Actinic would happily share their internal development techniques, processes and tracking methods

Does this process disallow rude 4 letter words also?

[fergusw]

Maybe.....
or......
A is for "A bug found"
B is for "Bug fixed"
C is for "Can't see the bug"
D is for "Didn't you already fix the bug!"
E is for "Evidently there are more bugs than we thought"
F is for "Fixed it. At last"
G is for "Great. One more patch should do it"
H is for "Help. Bugs are everywhere"
I is for "Infestation!"
J is for "Just stop with the bugs already.....!"
K is for "Kill the bugs! Kill the damn bugs!!"

etc etc ....


This could be applied to most software developers. It's a bugs life!

[Mark H]

Does this process disallow rude 4 letter words also?

Are you suggesting that Ursula Newman from Canada should probably not apply to be an Actinic programmer if Duncan's theory is right?

[Duncan Rounding]

Only if it's the 20th build.