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diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
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@@ -14,8 +14,10 @@ dnl
#
AC_INIT([The Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation System], [9.1], [glasgow-haskell-bugs@haskell.org], [ghc-AC_PACKAGE_VERSION])
- # Version on HEAD must be X.Y (not X.Y.Z) for ProjectVersionMunged variable
- # to be useful (cf #19058)
+ # Version on master must be X.Y (not X.Y.Z) for ProjectVersionMunged variable
+ # to be useful (cf #19058). However, the version must have three components
+ # (X.Y.Z) on stable branches (e.g. ghc-9.2) to ensure that pre-releases are
+ # versioned correctly.
# Set this to YES for a released version, otherwise NO