PaperMC / PaperMC/Paper

Change what classifies as latest version

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Description

Is your feature request related to a problem?

This is not related to a problem. This would simply make it easier for me to know if there are updates to paper within the same game version or updates to a new game version.

Describe the solution you'd like.

When I run /version, paper tells me I'm running the latest version. with some additional info. I think it would be useful if that was split into latest version of paper for version X vs latest version of paper. For example, "You are running the latest version of paper for 1.21.4 (232). You are not running the latest version of paper (1.21.8-11)."

I don't know exactly how easy this would be to implement or what the exact wording should be.

Describe alternatives you've considered.

Open https://papermc.io/downloads/paper and manually check.

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Notice it says I'm running the latest version, but the server is on 1.21.4 which is technically the latest 1.21.4 version but not the latest version of Minecraft or paper. You can also see I tried 1.21.8-6 but there is a bug that I'm waiting to get resolved before I update.

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Research direction

Start by locating the Java implementation of /version and the logic that determines the current and latest Paper versions. Check how the game version and Paper build are represented before defining the two comparisons. Done means /version distinguishes the latest build for the current game version from the latest Paper release overall, with clear output for both states.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
java
Domain
cli
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
40/100

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