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Re: [Qemu-devel] [qemu-web PATCH] download: document version numbering s
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Thomas Huth |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [qemu-web PATCH] download: document version numbering scheme |
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Wed, 28 Nov 2018 16:10:00 +0100 |
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On 2018-11-28 15:50, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote:
> The new version numbering scheme was mentioned in the blog post
> announcing 3.0 previously, but this will fall out of view over
> time. It is thus preferrable to mention this on the download page
> too.
>
> Reported-by: Marc-André Lureau <address@hidden>
> Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <address@hidden>
> ---
> download.html | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/download.html b/download.html
> index 5a1e4ea..59db880 100644
> --- a/download.html
> +++ b/download.html
> @@ -39,6 +39,31 @@ permalink: /download/
> {% include_relative _download/source.html %}
> </article>
> </div>
> +
> +<h2>Version numbering</h2>
> +<div>
> + <p>
> + In 2018, for the QEMU 3.0 release, a time based version numbering scheme
> was
> + adopted:
I'd maybe drop the "2018" here, and use a three digit version number
(since you describe the three digits below) ... maybe rather write it
like this:
Since version 3.0.0, QEMU uses a time based version numbering scheme:
?
> + </p>
> +<ul>
> +<dt>major</dt>
> +<dd>incremented by 1 for the first release of the year</dd>
> +<dt>minor</dt>
> +<dd>reset to 0 with every major increment, otherwise incremented by 1 for
> each release from git master</dd>
> +<dt>micro</dt>
> +<dd>always 0 for releases from git master, incremented by 1 for each stable
> branch release</dd>
> +</ul>
> + <p>
> + The implication of this is that changes in major version number
> + <strong>do not</strong> have any bearing on the scope of changes
> + included in the release. Non-backward compatible changes may be made
> + in any master branch release, provided they have followed the
> + <a
> href="https://qemu.weilnetz.de/doc/qemu-doc.html#Deprecated-features">deprecation
> policy</a>
> + which calls for warnings to be emitted for a minimum of two releases
> + prior to the change.
> + </p>
> +</div>
> <script>
> function animateOnClick(jqThis, slide) {
> $('.horiz-menu li').removeClass('active');
>
Thomas