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[johnno56]

I suppose I should have asked this a long time ago. No idea as to why I did not.

At the moment I am using ver1.5.. I know that messages have been produced each time there is a version change. But what about "fixes" etc that pop up between versions? How do I know if the version I am using is "up to date" (ie: with no bugs etc) I am not sure if I am wording this correctly or making sense. I know I can check the version I am using by navigating through the "help" menu. But how do I know that the version listed is up to date? When I go to the main Download page for QB64 it only tells me of the version number and not the "git" number. It would be good to list the "git" number with the version number. That way I can compare what I have with what is available. At the moment, comparison is made by, downloading and installing and checking "help".

If you think I am not making sense, just let me know, and ignore the above.

J

[FellippeHeitor]

If you see v1.5 at the bottom cyan bar in the IDE, then you're likely to also see "Stable Release" in the about box.

If you get the latest development build from https://www.qb64.org/portal/development-build/ then you get the latest fixes/patches we pushed into the repository (and eventually some nasty bug can get introduced - regressions, as people call them to sound fancy). In this case, the about box will show v1.51 and the commit from which it was built.

The latest dev build page will contain the date and commit id from which the most current package was generated. There's also a link to the latest changelog there, too - so you can have an idea of what's new.

By clicking on the commit number you will be taken to the repository page, with a detailed view of all recent commits/patches.

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[Cobalt]

what happened to the historical copies of the old QB64s? I can not seem to find the link to the page for them anymore.

You didn't flush them down the toilet did you Fellippe??

[FellippeHeitor]

One can always go back in the repo and fetch an older version - they were wasting storage space in the server.

[RhoSigma]

@Cobalt,

the historical versions page is still available, just the link to it is gone. My guess is that the developers want to encourage people to always use the newest version instead of playing with historical versions.

However, on the "Development built" page simply type "historic" or "SDL" into the search field on the upper right and it will be found. Now just click on the "Continue reading" button and you get to the "Historical versions" page.

This works at least as long, until the developers decide to delete the page at all from the web content.