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Xcode 12.2 Beta Suggests iOS 14.2 Beta Update Coming Soon

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There are, of course, always new iOS 14 betas provided shortly after the software sees a public release, but that the numbering is iOS 14.2 instead of iOS 14.1 is unusual.
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Not that unusual.

Apple has some feature in mind (most likely iPhone 12 support) for this release of Xcode, and are using the release as a basis for doing integration of features. However, they may need to have a release between now and when that feature batch ships - so they left a numerical gap for it.

Most likely, they _already_ have an iOS 14.1, etc for issues they determined through final qualification that they decided weren't critical enough to delay iOS 14's initial public release.

Apple does sometimes skip numbers with iOS releases, especially as of late when SDK changes are required, but it’s possible that the iOS 14.1 update will be reserved for the new iPhone 12 models that are not yet out, while iOS 14.2 will be a wider device release. Of course, iOS 14.2 and iPadOS 14.2 could also be for the new iPhones and the new iPad Air.
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Most likely the iPad Air will either already have features integrated in (since it is now publicly known) or will have changes in a software version closer to its release next month.
 
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dwaite said:
Not that unusual.

Apple has some feature in mind (most likely iPhone 12 support) for this release of Xcode, and are using the release as a basis for doing integration of features. However, they may need to have a release between now and when that feature batch ships - so they left a numerical gap for it.

Most likely, they _already_ have an iOS 14.1, etc for issues they determined through final qualification that they decided weren't critical enough to delay iOS 14's initial public release.
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While not necessarily completely strange it's not something that has typically happened, which more or less makes it unusual.
 
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Jetson said:
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A new bug has appeared:
  • I always have my App icon size set to bigger on the Home Screen. Now on 2 occasions so far I noticed that some icons are displayed bigger and some are smaller. Toggling the setting did not correct the display. Restarting the iPad did restore the correct app size - temporarily.
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The same icon thing happened with the current Final Cut Pro, which now also has new other bugs. I had to use TimeMachine to set back the software. Disgraceful!
Software/OS development is always difficult to organize anyway. Corona has not led to better software.
 
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twistedpixel8 said:
Unless I’m mistaken, with semantic versioning you can technically have 14.123.94 if you like. Hope I’m not tempting fate though...
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Apple isn't using semantic versioning. In semantic versioning, the major version says nothing about the amount of new functionality you add to a software product. Semantic versioning only says something about the nature of your changes to a public API. A major version implies at least one breaking change since the previous version. A minor version implies at least one non-breaking change that adds new features to the api. A patch version implies at least one non-breaking change which does not add any new features to the api (basically just fixes).

Apple just increases the major number any time a marketeer sees a business opportunity. In fact, Apple also decided to just delete an entire public api from their GM build just a day before they launched their final version of iOS 14 to the public without notifying anyone in advance.

But about your quote. No, you are not mistaken. You can have a 14.123.94 version. But, chances of that happening are zero to none. Because it means, that you are somehow able to release 123 versions that add new features and none of them introduced breaking changes, but you then suddenly need 94 patch versions to fix stuff. These contradict heavily.
 
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iOS iMessage app. (iPhone XS) - hopefully the public release fixes the delay/lag (iOS 14 brought) between tapping the display/letters and when the words show in the compose field
 
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