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		hiptobecubic on Jan 1, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Microsoft Exchange stops passing mail due to bug o... Version numbers can of course be numbers, but the problem here is that they were constructing a number like a string from semantically meaningful constituent parts (and not testing thoroughly).

raverbashing on Jan 1, 2022 | [–]

And again, if there are no negative versions, they should have used an unsigned int, not an int.

genewitch on Jan 3, 2022 | [–]

pushing the date that it breaks to the version released in 2043?

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