From a06af3fa85caf3ef1e47bd611e48c23668469191 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tatsuhiro Tsujikawa Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2016 12:35:09 +0900 Subject: [PATCH] Add doc about release scheduling and versioning scheme --- README.rst | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst index aa40c628..7eceaa57 100644 --- a/README.rst +++ b/README.rst @@ -1462,3 +1462,16 @@ full real name when contributing! See `Contribution Guidelines `_ for more details. + +Release schedule +---------------- + +In general, we follow [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/). We +release MINOR version update every month, and usually we ship it +around 25th day of every month. + +We may release PATCH releases between the regular releases, mainly for +severe security bug fixes. + +We have no plan to break API compatibility changes involving soname +bump, so MAJOR version will stay 1 for the foreseeable future.