Build id vs Version number in Synaptic

[Colin Law]

On 9 October 2017 at 21:31, Jim <jf_byrnes at comcast.net> wrote:
> Why do some packages use a build id to show the latest version and others
> seem to use a version number?  For example Libreoffice Calc shows a build id
> while Firefox shows a version number.
>
> This sometimes makes it difficult to determine how current a package in a
> repository is when comparing it to a version of a program you may have seen
> on the net.

Can you give a detailed example of exactly what you mean please?

Colin