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new 49aab65 Update the versioning description [ci skip]
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commit 49aab657b95e0b0955cb487fefb794ae2f83fd98
Author: James E. King III <jk...@apache.org>
AuthorDate: Thu Jul 11 06:55:28 2019 -0400
Update the versioning description [ci skip]
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doc/ReleaseManagement.md | 9 +++++----
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/ReleaseManagement.md b/doc/ReleaseManagement.md
index ce0744b..362fd83 100644
--- a/doc/ReleaseManagement.md
+++ b/doc/ReleaseManagement.md
@@ -8,12 +8,13 @@ It is important to note here that Apache Thrift is designed
for version interope
### Versioning
-Apache Thrift and the vast majority of package management systems out there
conform to the [SemVer 2.0](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html) version
numbering specification.
+Apache Thrift and the vast majority of package management systems out there
conform to the [SemVer 2.0](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html) version
numbering specification. Apache Thrift uses the following versioning rules:
-In terms of releases, the important version numbers for Apache Thrift are the
major and minor. The patch number is used in the following cases:
+- *major* is currently always zero;
+- *minor* is increased for each release cycle;
+- *patch* is increased for patch builds between release cycles to address
critical defect, security, or packaging issues
-1. There were language-specific critical defects or packaging issues.
-1. There was something horribly and fundamentally wrong with a x.x.0 release.
+Further, if there are only packaging changes for a single third-party
distribution point to correct an issue, the major.minor.patch may remain the
same while adding a suffix compatible with that distribution point, for example
"0.12.0.1" for nuget, or "0.12.0-1" for maven.
#### External Package Patches
