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| author | Lasse Collin <lasse.collin@tukaani.org> | 2011-12-19 21:21:29 +0200 |
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| committer | Lasse Collin <lasse.collin@tukaani.org> | 2011-12-19 21:21:29 +0200 |
| commit | 694952d545b6cf056547893ced69486eff9ece55 (patch) | |
| tree | 8a97e5a7ecaba47fa4a40f067c1c8677013a9bbb /README | |
| parent | 418fe668b3c53a9a20020b6cc652aaf25c734b29 (diff) | |
| download | xz-694952d545b6cf056547893ced69486eff9ece55.tar.gz | |
Docs: Explain the stable releases better in README.
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@@ -131,8 +131,12 @@ XZ Utils - Z is the revision. This has different meaning for stable and unstable releases: + * Stable: Z is incremented when bugs get fixed without adding - any new features. + any new features. This is intended to be convenient for + downstream distributors that want bug fixes but don't want + any new features to minimize the risk of introducing new bugs. + * Unstable: Z is just a counter. API or ABI of features added in earlier unstable releases having the same X.Y may break. |