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For more information, see /wiki/spaces/SE/pages/3244039 page, and discussions on /wiki/spaces/SE/pages/4718815 and , /wiki/spaces/SE/pages/5407073 pages, and Council /wiki/spaces/CNCL/pages/18940320.
ACME Version Names
ACME will generally follow Semantic Versions http://semver.org.
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Major version zero (v0.Y) is for initial development. Anything may change at any time.
alpha, beta, rc
Prior to a vX.0 (X >1), ACME may add alpha, beta and rc lables to versions as follows:
alpha = after all new features have been integrated. This version is run for a decade or more to look for instabilities not detected by short running development/integration testing.
beta = after alpha. Versions used for tuning.
rc = release candidate. Near-final version. Checked for documentation, portability.
Tag sequence before v1.0 may look like: v0.1, v0.2, .... v0.14, v0.15.....v1.0alpha1, v1.0alpha2, ...., v1.0beta1, v1.0beta2, ..., v1.0rc1,v1.0rc2, ...., v1.0
Development (aka Topic or Feature) Branch Names
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