From 2651abd4e80b4c8e1cea598f237ab519e1e871f5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daiki Ueno Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2019 16:52:13 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] README.md: Mention the new versioning scheme [ci skip] --- README.md | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index fb44051..c255a52 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -38,6 +38,18 @@ teams in GNOME. Translators do not commit directly to Git, but are advised to use our separate translation infrastructure instead. More info can be found at the [translation project wiki page]. +Releases +------------- + +The release tarballs use [semantic versioning] since 0.19.0, which +basically means: + +- The major version will be incremented if backward incompatible changes are added +- The minor version will be incremented if new functionality is added in a backward compatible manner +- The patch version will be incremented if only backward compatible bug fixes are added + +Note that there is no stable/unstable indication in whether the minor +version number is even or odd. [GObject]: https://developer.gnome.org/gobject/stable/ @@ -46,3 +58,4 @@ the [translation project wiki page]. [help pages on MR's]: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/gitlab-basics/add-merge-request.html [issue tracker]: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libsecret/issues [translation project wiki page]: https://wiki.gnome.org/TranslationProject/ +[semantic versioning]: https://semver.org