sympa7 versioning

Sympa 7 versioning scheme [DRAFT]

Here versioning scheme for Sympa 7 is described. This is not applied to prior versions of Sympa, 6.2.x and earlier.

Format is one of following:

<major>.<minor>-<pre>

<major>.<minor>.<micro>

A version number consists of following parts:

• is major version number. It is always 7.

• is minor version number. It should be increased whenever significant change or addition is made.

•  and  should not coexist.
  
    * 
   is pre-release version. `alpha`, `beta` or either of them suffixed by number, e.g. `alpha11`, `beta3`.
  
    *  is patch level. It should begin with `0` by each minor version, and should be increased when insignificant change or fix is made.
  
  

Bad examples

These are bad examples and should not really be used.

• 7.0

  No

   nor .
  

• 7.1.2-beta

• 7.1-beta2.0

  Both

   and  appear.