January 2020
Intermediate to advanced
640 pages
16h 56m
English
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Semantic versioning
Semantic versioning [11] is a widely popular system for describing software versions in a way that makes it quite straightforward for the intended software users to figure out which versions are safe to upgrade to and which versions contain breaking API changes and therefore require development effort and time when upgrading.
Semantic versions are formatted as follows:
MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH
Depending on the use case, additional suffixes may be optionally appended to indicate a prerelease (for example, alpha, beta, or RC (or release candidate)) or to convey other build-related information (for example, the Git SHA for the branch that is used to build a release or perhaps a timestamp for when the build artifacts were generated). ...