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authorDavid Lamparter <equinox@diac24.net>2019-06-04 18:02:35 +0200
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workflow: update notes for release numbering
People have been complaining our major version number increases to fast and/or in a meaningless way... Signed-off-by: David Lamparter <equinox@diac24.net>
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FRR employs a ``<MAJOR>.<MINOR>.<BUGFIX>`` versioning scheme.
``MAJOR``
- Significant new features or multiple minor features. The addition of a new
- routing protocol or daemon would fall under this class.
+ Significant new features or multiple minor features. This should mostly
+ cover any kind of disruptive change that is visible or "risky" to operators.
+ New features or protocols do not necessarily trigger this. (This was changed
+ for FRR 7.x after feedback from users that the pace of major version number
+ increments was too high.)
``MINOR``
- Small features, e.g. options for automatic BGP shutdown.
+ General incremental development releases, excluding "major" changes
+ mentioned above. Not necessarily fully backwards compatible, as smaller
+ (but still visible) changes or deprecated feature removals may still happen.
+ However, there shouldn't be any huge "surprises" between minor releases.
``BUGFIX``
- Fixes for actual bugs and/or security issues.
+ Fixes for actual bugs and/or security issues. Fully compatible.
We will pull a new development branch for the next release every 4 months. The
current schedule is Feb/June/October 1. The decision for a ``MAJOR/MINOR``