What problem do you see this solving?
Capture One's current versioning scheme is confusing. The just-released version 16.3.x should have been version 17.0.x to indicate a paid upgrade for perpetual license users. - Hence, use semantic-style versioning. This is an almost universally-used software versioning standard.
Applied to Capture One, it should look something like this:
- 17.x.x: includes paid features (major additions and/or improvements like AI masking, comments in C1 Live, etc.)
- 17.1.x: includes free features & small improvements (features that didn't quite make it into the planned release or only partially, new camera & lens profiles, small improvements of a major feature like an updated AI model or performance optimizations, etc.)
- 17.1.1: includes free critical bug fixes (app crashes, critical performance issues, bug fixes for broken functionality, etc.)
When was the last time you were affected by this lack of functionality, or specific tool?
With the 16.3 release and going forward
This confusion is exactly why the current versioning scheme does not work. It only leads to disgruntled customers.
If they don't change this, there won't be a version 17.x for a while. It could potentially take years before 16.9 turns to 17.0, with no real reasoning for the big number change. It might as well keep going after 16.9 with 16.10, 16.11, etc., and count up to 16.99 before changing. It's nonsensical.
As for your eligibility to upgrade, I believe it depends on when you purchased your perpetual license. If you purchased before the end of February this year, I *think* you should qualify for all 16.x updates this year. The year is almost over though, so 16.3 would be the last. I'm not sure about all this since I gave in and switched to a subscription. Best to check with support on what you qualify for.
When I purchased permanent license using old rules, I expected to get all 16.x updates, yet now I see 16.3 while I'm on 16.2 and I'm confused, why I'm not getting update prompts. Like, this should be covered by license, as it is the old model that is supposed to work this way - all minor updates were supposed to be included! It was only major version that was not covered by upgrades.
It's not a minor request, it's clearing up confusion before going to court over failure to fulfill contract.
Right, although it would be in Capture One's best interest to change it to better communicate paid upgrades. And this change would practically take zero development time as it's mainly a matter of changing their release process.
I wouldn’t hold my breath on the versioning part. That war has raged basically since the announcement. No harm in putting it out there again, though.
Okay, I removed the naming part from the description. Don't want this post to be confusing either, haha.
I agree on the versioning.
Ah, yes, you are correct on the naming, I haven't downloaded the new version yet so for me the app still says Capture One 23. The versioning issue remains though.
Pretty sure the name is Capture One Pro. They dropped the 23 when they changed licensing models.