Version & Release Oddities
Known non-standard version formats and release quirks across Webi packages.
This matters for version parsing, sorting, and classification.
4-Part Versions
| Package |
Example |
Notes |
| chromedriver |
121.0.6120.0 |
From Google Chrome's versioning. No transform applied. |
| gpg |
2.2.19.0 |
4th segment treated as build metadata. releases.js converts to 2.2.19+0. |
Date-Based Versions
| Package |
Notes |
| atomicparsley |
Uses date-based version strings. |
Non-Numeric Tag Prefixes
| Package |
Raw Tag |
Cleaned |
Transform |
| lf |
r21 |
0.21.0 |
r prefix → prepend 0. |
| bun |
bun-v1.0.0 |
1.0.0 |
Strip bun- prefix |
| jq |
jq-1.7 |
1.7 |
Strip jq- prefix |
| watchexec |
cli-v1.2.3 |
1.2.3 |
Strip cli- prefix |
| ffmpeg |
b6.0 |
6.0 |
Strip b prefix |
Underscore-Delimited Tags
| Package |
Raw Tag |
Cleaned |
Transform |
| postgres |
REL_17_0 |
17.0 |
Strip REL_, replace _ with . |
| psql |
REL_17_0 |
17.0 |
Same as postgres |
| pg |
REL_17_0 |
17.0 |
Same as postgres |
Platform Suffix in Version
| Package |
Raw Tag |
Cleaned |
Transform |
| git (Windows) |
2.41.0.windows.1 |
2.41.0 |
Strip .windows.N suffix |
Complex Pre-Release Formats
| Package |
Example |
Notes |
| flutter |
2.3.0-16.0.pre |
Pre-release with extra dots and numeric segments |
| iterm2 |
iTerm2_3_5_0beta17 |
Underscores as separators, beta attached without dash → 3.5.0-beta17 |
Bundled Dependency Versions (Not Package Versions)
| Package |
Context |
Example |
| node |
v8 engine version in metadata |
11.3.244.8 (4-part) |
| node |
zlib version in metadata |
1.2.13.1-motley (4-part + suffix) |
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