FAQ: add note about release numbers

scala · Sep 8, 2023 · 0e533cd · 0e533cd
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@@ -120,14 +120,18 @@ with only minor supplements.  That's why `versionString` and
 `versionNumberString` report that Scala 2 is in use:
 
 ```
-Welcome to Scala 3.3.0 (17.0.3, Java OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM).
+Welcome to Scala 3.3.1 (17.0.3, Java OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM).
 Type in expressions for evaluation. Or try :help.
 
 scala> util.Properties.versionNumberString
-val res0: String = 2.13.11
+val res0: String = 2.13.10
 ```
 
-Note that Scala 3 offers
+Note that even the latest Scala 3 version might not use the very
+latest Scala 2 standard library, since the 3 and 2 release schedules
+aren't coordinated.
+
+So how do you ask for the Scala 3 version number? Scala 3 offers
 `dotty.tools.dotc.config.Properties.versionNumberString`, but only if
 you have scala3-compiler on the classpath. So that works in the Scala 3
 REPL, but won't work in typical Scala 3 application code.