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this post was submitted on 10 Jun 2025
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macOS 26? I thought the last version was 15...
Looks like they're jumping from 15 to 26, in fact they're doing the same thing for iOS, jumping from 18 to 26 for the next release. Looks like they're synchronizing all their OS version numbers using the year they'll be primarily used(i.e. 2026) from what I can find.
This is my preferred versioning format for user-facing software, by far.
I feel like Semver should also adopt the date inclusion, like 7.4.2-202606 or even 7.4.202606 — you can even extended it to multiple daily releases like 7.4.20260610.1233
There's too much software to mentally track when each version was released. You should be able to tell at a glance.
I'm not an apple person, so even I saw news about iOS I thought "how the fuck are they on 26 already?"
I didn't really care, but I appreciate the explanation.
Tbh I'm not an apple person either. The comment about macOS being on 26 caught my eye and I went and did some research.
They're basically copying Samsung (and the auto industry) and switching to using the year of the release instead of iterative naming schemes.