Change in Modrinth versioning breaks tools

[copygirl]

packwiz uses the version number field on Modrinth, parsing it as SemVer, to compare which version it should consider newer when updating or initially adding a mod to a modpack. You appear to have recently changed the format of the version which breaks, as 1.18.2-0.5.0c is considered "greater" (or "newer") than 1.18.2-0.5.0.d, as per SemVer specification ("Numeric identifiers always have lower precedence than non-numeric identifiers", and 0c is non-numeric).

It wouldn't be advisable for packwiz to just go by timestamp, because versions could be uploaded out of order. This could happen for example happen when older, already existing versions of a mod are uploaded to Modrinth by the author.

I'd say the new "format" is better than the previous, since the old one would run into issues if you get into multi-digit territory. So it just is the way it is now. But I do want to note that it would be advisable to move to Semantic Versioning fully:

• If the current format was parsed as SemVer, 1.18.2 would be the version, and 0.5.0.d the pre-release identifier. Therefore, on Modrinth, leave out the Minecraft version in the version number field, as that's already available as part of the metadata there. You can of course still include it in the .jar file name.
• I don't see a benefit in using a letter, other than personal preference. Your 0.5 releases could just as well have been labelled 0.5.0, 0.5.1, 0.5.2 and so on. There is also no shame in using a positive major version even if you don't consider the mod near feature completion. Major version changes suggest breaking changes, which you've already gone through.
• If you insist on including the letter, but still want to leave out the Minecraft version, to be valid SemVer, you'd have to use for example 0.5.0-d. Though note that the d here is a "pre-release" section. Usually, one would denote pre-release for example with 0.5.0-alpha.1, 0.5.0-beta.1, 0.5.0-pre.1 or 0.5.0-rc.1, before moving to a stable version 0.5.0.
• Though likely obvious, to avoid further issues, I'd suggest this change to be made with the next major Minecraft version.

See also: packwiz/packwiz#149

Thank you for your work. 💚
Sincerely, an ex-modder, SemVer advocate, and writer of a SemVer parsing library.

[copygirl]

I gave this another thought. It's unlikely you will get to a version 0.5.10a or so. Perhaps you could go in and change the version number on Modrinth back to the old format for the sake of compatibility? Just for the time being, until you adopt a new format for the next major Minecraft version.

[IThundxr]

Interesting yeah, the versioning is off and this should definitely be changed, i've left a message for other's to look at so this can be fixed sometime soon

[IThundxr]

For lack of a better tag at the moment im gonna dropped confirmed on this so i don't forget to check back on this later