@@ -69,6 +69,34 @@ demo_rubygame.rb, and chimp.rb. + == About the version number + + The version number of Rubygame has a strict meaning, to help you + decide whether the new version might break your application. The + version number has 3 parts: the major number, the minor number, and + the patch number. For the example of Rubygame 2.6.0: + + 2 . 6 . 0 + MAJOR . MINOR . PATCH + + When a new release of Rubygame is made, one of the version numbers + will go up, and the numbers that come after it will be reset to 0. + Which number will go up depends on how much the Rubygame API changed: + + - *MAJOR*: API has changed, and old apps _must_ be updated. + An example of this is when a class has been significantly changed, + or a method has renamed/moved to another module and the old name is + removed. + + - *MINOR*: API has changed, but old apps will still work. + An example of this is when a new feature has been added, or a + method has been renamed but the old name is still supported. + + - *PATCH*: API has not changed at all. + An example of this is when a bug has been fixed, or existing code + has been improved beneath the surface. + + == License Rubygame is distributed under the terms of the GNU Lesser GPL. README doc/extended_readme.rdoc 4eb53177b453bb0546e8556fbc003e7d99731a4f John Croisant jacius@gmail.com http://github.com/jacius/rubygame/commit/07290a1f7a6cb6a1d7af6490fe3797e749957a64 07290a1f7a6cb6a1d7af6490fe3797e749957a64 2009-10-23T23:29:02-07:00 2009-10-23T23:29:02-07:00 Deleted extended_readme.rdoc. The "About the version number" section is now in README. 67726deb0bfd2d315fe128942eaf6bf42d496d9d John Croisant jacius@gmail.com