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Tony Barnes

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Message 93423 - Posted: 30 Oct 2019, 15:59:31 UTC

what does (alt) mean at the next to the version number. Some of the work packages have (alt) after the version and some don't.
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Richard Haselgrove
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Message 93424 - Posted: 30 Oct 2019, 16:15:09 UTC - in response to Message 93423.  

It's just a name given to distinguish between two alternative applications which perform the same work. Sometimes, a different approach can work faster on some machines but not on others - one might be faster on Intel CPUs, for example, and the other on AMD. Having the two alternatives to try enables the server (hopefully!) to pick the faster one next time.
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Message 93425 - Posted: 30 Oct 2019, 16:55:56 UTC - in response to Message 93424.  

Thank you Richard!
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