View Single Post
Old 11-24-2017, 11:52 AM   #9
Ken Maltby
Wizard
Ken Maltby ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Ken Maltby ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Ken Maltby ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Ken Maltby ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Ken Maltby ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Ken Maltby ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Ken Maltby ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Ken Maltby ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Ken Maltby ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Ken Maltby ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Ken Maltby ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Ken Maltby's Avatar
 
Posts: 4,465
Karma: 6900052
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: The Heart of Texas
Device: Boox Note2, AuraHD, PDA,
There would be no real indication of "the severity of the update" short of a paragraph of text. Certainly, not something that would be user readable and fit in the file name. The "sequential" numbers tell the user where each download package fits in relation to the others. That is pretty much the primary reason for numbering things. Being able to identify a download package that coincides with the start of a problem, can be a major help. The user being able to select an earlier/lower numbered package to install which restores his device to pre-problem functioning, is also helpful. All without the average user knowing the function of those hash codes. People don't have to remember, KOReader includes a "Version" menu option that displays a message box with the version information.

While a little rare, there have been dates where more then one update package was released. The time on the clock (or the date in the file name) tells me absolutely nothing about which package is the newest.

Luck;
Ken

Last edited by Ken Maltby; 11-24-2017 at 11:55 AM.
Ken Maltby is offline   Reply With Quote