About KDE programs

[geoaraujo]

Hello.
I've noticed that several KDE programs, like Dolphin, now show a version number identical to KDE's. I'm just wondering why that happened, why the version number was changed to match KDE's... Any ideas?

[claydoh]

Many applications, such as Dolphin, are part of the KDE Software Compilation, and are released as a group at the same time. Hence the same version numbers.

http://www.kde.org/community/whatisk...ompilation.php

[Rog132]

Version numbers (Dolphin)

https://projects.kde.org/projects/kd...6f24bfba855714

Revision 7cbcbcc3

ID: 7cbcbcc3701ec42ae9bb6a84596f24bfba855714
Added by Frank Reininghaus 4 months ago

Use the KDE SC version also as the Dolphin versions

This has some advantages:

(a) The version actually changes for every bug fix release, making it
easier to find out which version a bug reporter has used.

(b) No changes in Dolphin's source code are required to keep the version
always up to date.

(c) It is more transparent for users because there are not two different
versions any more.

[geoaraujo]

I see... I've asked this because Dolphin, although part of KDE SC, was on version 2.1 and went straight to 4.10, I think.