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authorjugglinmike <mike@mikepennisi.com>2017-10-02 11:12:14 -0400
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Introduce version number (#1255)
Changes to the instructions for interpreting tests will likely produce new failures for consumers who are updating between revisions of Test262. Introduce a machine-readable convention for signaling substantive changes.
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+**Note** When these instructions change in any substantive way, the `version`
+property of the JSON-formatted `package.json` file will be incremented. In this
+way, consumers who are transitioning between revisions of Test262 can more
+easily determine the cause of new test failures.
+
## Test Execution
Test262 tests are only valid under the runtime environment conditions described