Repository: incubator-beam-site
Updated Branches:
  refs/heads/asf-site 0c4bff77b -> 60791ca2e


Update download page to specify backward-compatibility guarantees


Project: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-beam-site/repo
Commit: 
http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-beam-site/commit/7f7a8b2d
Tree: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-beam-site/tree/7f7a8b2d
Diff: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-beam-site/diff/7f7a8b2d

Branch: refs/heads/asf-site
Commit: 7f7a8b2d3e8672516627b6949d0cbafa44e13fc5
Parents: 0c4bff7
Author: Davor Bonaci <[email protected]>
Authored: Mon Nov 21 13:36:18 2016 -0800
Committer: Davor Bonaci <[email protected]>
Committed: Mon Nov 21 17:03:12 2016 -0800

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 src/get-started/downloads.md | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
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http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-beam-site/blob/7f7a8b2d/src/get-started/downloads.md
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diff --git a/src/get-started/downloads.md b/src/get-started/downloads.md
index 0015d77..af8506a 100644
--- a/src/get-started/downloads.md
+++ b/src/get-started/downloads.md
@@ -33,19 +33,32 @@ Additionally, you may want to depend on additional SDK 
modules, such as IO
 connectors or other extensions, and additional runners to execute your pipeline
 at scale.
 
-## Release Notes
+## API Stability
+
+Apache Beam uses [semantic versioning](http://semver.org/). Version numbers 
use the form `major.minor.incremental` and are incremented as follows:
+
+* major version for incompatible API changes
+* minor version for new functionality added in a backward-compatible manner
+* incremental version for forward-compatible bug fixes
+
+Please note that APIs marked [`@Experimental`]({{ site.baseurl 
}}/documentation/sdks/javadoc/{{ site.release_latest 
}}/org/apache/beam/sdk/annotations/Experimental.html)
+may change at any point and are not guaranteed to remain compatible across 
versions.
+
+Additionally, any API may change before the first stable release, i.e., 
between versions denoted `0.x.y`.
+
+## Releases
 
 ### 0.3.0-incubating
-[Source code 
download](https://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi?filename=incubator/beam/0.3.0-incubating/apache-beam-0.3.0-incubating-source-release.zip&action=download)
+Official [source code 
download](https://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi?filename=incubator/beam/0.3.0-incubating/apache-beam-0.3.0-incubating-source-release.zip&action=download).
 
-* Release notes are available [in 
JIRA](https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12319527&version=12338051).
+[Release 
notes](https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12319527&version=12338051).
 
 ### 0.2.0-incubating
-[Source code 
download](https://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi?filename=incubator/beam/0.2.0-incubating/apache-beam-0.2.0-incubating-source-release.zip&action=download)
+Official [source code 
download](https://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi?filename=incubator/beam/0.2.0-incubating/apache-beam-0.2.0-incubating-source-release.zip&action=download).
 
-* Release notes are available [in 
JIRA](https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12319527&version=12335766).
+[Release 
notes](https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12319527&version=12335766).
 
 ### 0.1.0-incubating
-[Source code 
download](https://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi?filename=incubator/beam/0.1.0-incubating/apache-beam-0.1.0-incubating-source-release.zip&action=download)
+Official [source code 
download](https://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi?filename=incubator/beam/0.1.0-incubating/apache-beam-0.1.0-incubating-source-release.zip&action=download).
 
-* The first incubating release of Apache Beam.
+The first incubating release of Apache Beam.

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