Versioning
Versioning releases is important to handle dependencies with new code. Each version must be tagged with an unique identifier.
Semantic versioning
Semantic versioning is a standard for versioning software. It is based on three
numbers separated by dots: MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH. The version number is increased
when:
- Major - Breaking changes are introduced.
- Minor - New features are added in a backwards-compatible manner.
- Patch - Backwards-compatible bug fixes are introduced.
Additional labels can be added to the version number, such as "dev", "alpha", "beta", "rc1", and so on.
Usually , you can start from 0.1.0 and increment the version number as you
develop the software. When you are ready to release the first stable version,
you can change the version number to 1.0.0, and follow the semantic versioning
rules from there.
Calendar versioning
- YYYY - Full year - 2006, 2016, 2106
- YY - Short year - 6, 16, 106
- 0Y - Zero-padded year - 06, 16, 106
- MM - Short month - 1, 2 ... 11, 12
- 0M - Zero-padded month - 01, 02 ... 11, 12
- WW - Short week (since start of year) - 1, 2, 33, 52
- 0W - Zero-padded week - 01, 02, 33, 52
- DD - Short day - 1, 2 ... 30, 31
- 0D - Zero-padded day - 01, 02 ... 30, 31