Yes that's my point. The old and the new version are different in capabilities, but now when someone talks about DeepSeek V4 Flash (in benchmarks, on inference providers), you don't know which exact version it's about.
replySome providers like OpenRouter now call it `deepseek-v4-flash-0731`, but even in places like here on HackerNews people say things like "Sonnet is better than DeepSeek" without specifying a version or a reasoning effort, certainly no one will mention that `-0731` suffix when talking about DeepSeek V4 Flash.
I think it does not matter. Most people who use these types of models are into the IT world, and will know/be informed very fast that there is a difference. People will likely also use the 0731 behind it.
replyThe only issue i see, is 3th party providers that have not yet updated. But that is going to be a short time periode. There is no reason to not update.