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| author | Lorry Tar Creator <lorry-tar-importer@baserock.org> | 2014-12-02 09:01:21 +0000 |
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| committer | <> | 2014-12-04 16:11:25 +0000 |
| commit | bdab5265fcbf3f472545073a23f8999749a9f2b9 (patch) | |
| tree | c6018dd03dea906f8f1fb5f105f05b71a7dc250a /README.versions | |
| download | ntp-bdab5265fcbf3f472545073a23f8999749a9f2b9.tar.gz | |
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diff --git a/README.versions b/README.versions new file mode 100644 index 0000000..018d59d --- /dev/null +++ b/README.versions @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ + +NTP uses A.B.C - style release numbers. + +At the moment: + + A is 4, for ntp V4. + B is the major release number. + C is the minor release number. Even numbers are 'stable' releases and + odd numbers are "development" releases. + +Following the release number may be the letter 'p' followed by a number. +This indicates a point (or patch) release. + +Release candidates have -RC in the release number. + +Here are some recent versions numbers as an example: + + 4.2.2 A production release (from the ntp-stable repository) + 4.2.2p2 A production release (from the ntp-stable repository) + 4.2.3p12 A development release + 4.2.3p15-rc1 A release candidate for 4.2.4 + +Note that after the ntp-dev repo produces a production release it will +be copied into the ntp-stable and the cycle will repeat. + +Feel free to suggest improvements... + |