From 5f902f1c89ffd6780f3efbe9afdebbef175fbb46 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mike Lewis Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 01:32:38 +0000 Subject: Add clarity around meaning and potential range of version numbers --- doc/policy/maintenance.md | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/policy/maintenance.md b/doc/policy/maintenance.md index 6c3ad080e3e..1d656574acd 100644 --- a/doc/policy/maintenance.md +++ b/doc/policy/maintenance.md @@ -7,9 +7,11 @@ GitLab follows the [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/) for its releases: For example, for GitLab version 10.5.7: -- `10` represents major version. -- `5` represents minor version. -- `7` represents patch number. +- `10` represents the major version. The major release was 10.0.0, but often referred to as 10.0. +- `5` represents the minor version. The minor release was 10.5.0, but often referred to as 10.5. +- `7` represents the patch number. + +Any part of the version number can increment into multiple digits, for example, 13.10.11. The following table describes the version types and their release cadence: -- cgit v1.2.1