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→Version Numbers: Further clarify patch releases
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Minor version increases (e.g. 5.2) reflect noncritical bugfixes, small new features, and other nonbreaking changes. These would include additions and/or backward-compatible changes to interfaces, support for new technologies or platforms, and general improvements and fixes. Note that official releases will always have an even-numbered minor version (e.g. 5.0, 5.2, 5.4); odd numbers are reserved for development releases. This applies only to the minor version number. | Minor version increases (e.g. 5.2) reflect noncritical bugfixes, small new features, and other nonbreaking changes. These would include additions and/or backward-compatible changes to interfaces, support for new technologies or platforms, and general improvements and fixes. Note that official releases will always have an even-numbered minor version (e.g. 5.0, 5.2, 5.4); odd numbers are reserved for development releases. This applies only to the minor version number. | ||
Patch version increases (e.g. 5.2.1) reflect critical fixes, such as to security or other severe bugs. While we generally wait until there is a critical fix to release a patch version, these versions may also contain other minor fixes committed in the meantime. | Patch version increases (e.g. 5.2.1) usually reflect critical fixes, such as to security or other severe bugs. While we generally wait until there is a critical fix to release a patch version, these versions may also contain other minor fixes committed in the meantime. We may also occasionally release a patch version without critical fixes if there is a sufficiently large backlog of minor fixes, or for development snapshots (of an odd-numbered minor version). | ||
== When to Release == | == When to Release == | ||