Version Numbers
vicchi edited this page Feb 1, 2013
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As of v3.0.0 of Mapstraction and onwards the format for version numbers and their accompanying Git tags follows the Semantic Versioning standard.
The TL;DR version is that Mapstraction version numbers are of the form X.Y.Z. where:
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Xis the major version number -
Yis the minor version number -
Zis the patch number
- The patch number is incremented when bug fixes that are backwards compatible with versions/releases with the same major version number are released
- The minor version number is incremented when new features are implemented that are backwards compatible with versions/releases with the same major version number are released
- The major version number is incremented when new features or bug fixes are released that are incompatible with versions/releases with the same major version number.
To put it another way ...
- Fix a bug that makes no change to the API and is compatible with
vX.Y... up the patch number - Implement a change or a new feature that is compatible with
vX... up the minor release number - Implement a change or a new feature that is incompatible with
vX(you've changed the API contract) ... up the major version number
Version tags follow the above system and are of the form vX.Y.Z. For release candidate versions, tags should be of the form vX.Y.Z-RCn.