versionitis

English

Etymology

version +‎ -itis

Noun

versionitis (uncountable)

  1. (computing, informal) A situation in which there are many different (and possibly incompatible) versions of the same software, file or document.[1][2][3][4]
    • 1992, InfoWorld (volume 14, number 33, page 92)
      This helps companies maintain an honest relationship with the software publisher and protects against versionitis.
    • 2004, Joel Henry, Software project management: a real-world guide to success
      Versionitis exists when the team is using multiple versions of the same software […] Integration of modules can be a nightmare when a project catches versionitis.
    • 2011, Bud E. Smith, Michael McCallister, WordPress in depth (page 455)
      The Handbook can suffer from versionitis; at this writing, the Handbook is one release behind the current version of the software, making it out of date in parts.

References
  1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honeypot_(computing)#Detection
  2. http://libreofficeaustralia.org/lt/community/blog/planet/20110406/versionitis
  3. “Archived copy”, in (Please provide the title of the work)‎, accessed 28 September 2011, archived from the original on 27 August 2011
  4. http://fppad.com/2008/02/11/suffering-from-versionitis

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