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diff --git a/doc/ReleaseManagement.md b/doc/ReleaseManagement.md index ce0744b3a..362fd8315 100644 --- a/doc/ReleaseManagement.md +++ b/doc/ReleaseManagement.md @@ -8,12 +8,13 @@ It is important to note here that Apache Thrift is designed for version interope ### Versioning -Apache Thrift and the vast majority of package management systems out there conform to the [SemVer 2.0](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html) version numbering specification. +Apache Thrift and the vast majority of package management systems out there conform to the [SemVer 2.0](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html) version numbering specification. Apache Thrift uses the following versioning rules: -In terms of releases, the important version numbers for Apache Thrift are the major and minor. The patch number is used in the following cases: +- *major* is currently always zero; +- *minor* is increased for each release cycle; +- *patch* is increased for patch builds between release cycles to address critical defect, security, or packaging issues -1. There were language-specific critical defects or packaging issues. -1. There was something horribly and fundamentally wrong with a x.x.0 release. +Further, if there are only packaging changes for a single third-party distribution point to correct an issue, the major.minor.patch may remain the same while adding a suffix compatible with that distribution point, for example "0.12.0.1" for nuget, or "0.12.0-1" for maven. #### External Package Patches |