General version policy
The Zabbix versioning scheme has changed a few times over the years. In general, the first two numbers have denoted a major version, such as 2.4, 3.0 and 4.0, while the third number has denoted a minor version number. Previously, an even second number denoted a stable branch, while an odd second number denoted a development branch. Hence, 2.3 was a development branch for 2.4, while 2.4 was the resulting stable branch. This has slightly changed since 3.0. The development releases have moved away from the odd numbering, that is, the 3.5 number. They're now called 4.0.0alpha1, 4.0.0beta2, and so on. This is deemed to be more user friendly, although the internal numbering is still based on 3.5 in several places—the database ...
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