SemVer

Specification

SemVer is a 3-component system in the format of x.y.z where:

  • x stands for a major version (likely to break the existing API)
  • y stands for a minor version (new features in a backward-compatible)
  • z stands for a patch (fixing bugs)

Notes:

  • It Starts at 0.1.0
  • Before 1.0.0 is Only the Development Phase
  • Pre-releases can be defined by appending a hyphen and an identifier to a version
    • 1.0.0-alpha.1 is pre-release for 1.0.0