versionitis
A situation in which there are many different (and possibly incompatible) versions of the same software, file or document.
Noun
- A situation in which there are many different (and possibly incompatible) versions of the same software, file or document.
- This helps companies maintain an honest relationship with the software publisher and protects against versionitis. - 1992, InfoWorld, volume 14, number 33, page 92:
- 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. - 2004, Joel Henry, Software project management: a...
- 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from versionitis; at this writing, the Handbook is one release behind the current version of the software, making it out of date in parts. - 2011, Bud E. Smith, Michael McCallister, WordPress in...
Origin
From version + -itis.