666116 - Latest update erroneously reports version 5.0

Status: VERIFIED INVALID

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Michael Ward]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1

Yes this is a troll.  But a whole version number for a bugfix is ridiculous.  Update to a larger number is refused.  If FF gets too far ahead of itself I'll be making a switch.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Update to 5.0?  I hadn't even heard anything about... 
2. bugfixes?!
3. >:|

Actual Results:  
Disappointment

Expected Results:  
Increased market share via catching up with IE and Chrome in version number

Notice that Chrome doesn't even play up its version number to non-developers?  That's because chrome is just chrome.  Real people don't care about numbers after your product name.

Comment 1

[Cork]

Its part of the new release cycle. the versioning system doesn't have a defenition for bugfixes and feature versions.

http://www.geek.com/articles/news/firefox-5-6-and-7-will-be-released-in-2011-as-mozilla-plays-catch-up-2011027/

Comment 2

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

Version numbers are pretty much meaningless now, time-based relases instead of feature based relases

Comment 3

[Justin Dolske [:Dolske]]

(In reply to comment #0)

> Notice that Chrome doesn't even play up its version number to
> non-developers?  That's because chrome is just chrome.  Real people don't
> care about numbers after your product name.

Absolutely. Mozilla's not playing up the version number either, this release was decidedly more low-key that previous releases. You'll get releases every 6 weeks now, not to inflate the version but so we can get features and fixes out faster.