From df85e156716a4eecb7e2978691f03f729444d998 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lasse Collin Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2011 21:21:29 +0200 Subject: Docs: Explain the stable releases better in README. --- README | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README index d6cfda78..a8c5d61e 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -131,8 +131,12 @@ XZ Utils - Z is the revision. This has different meaning for stable and unstable releases: + * Stable: Z is incremented when bugs get fixed without adding - any new features. + any new features. This is intended to be convenient for + downstream distributors that want bug fixes but don't want + any new features to minimize the risk of introducing new bugs. + * Unstable: Z is just a counter. API or ABI of features added in earlier unstable releases having the same X.Y may break. -- cgit v1.2.3