Annotation of embedaddon/ntp/README.versions, revision 1.1
1.1 ! misho 1:
! 2: NTP uses A.B.C - style release numbers.
! 3:
! 4: At the moment:
! 5:
! 6: A is 4, for ntp V4.
! 7: B is the major release number.
! 8: C is the minor release number. Even numbers are 'stable' releases and
! 9: odd numbers are "development" releases.
! 10:
! 11: Following the release number may be the letter 'p' followed by a number.
! 12: This indicates a point (or patch) release.
! 13:
! 14: Release candidates have -RC in the release number.
! 15:
! 16: Here are some recent versions numbers as an example:
! 17:
! 18: 4.2.2 A production release (from the ntp-stable repository)
! 19: 4.2.2p2 A production release (from the ntp-stable repository)
! 20: 4.2.3p12 A development release
! 21: 4.2.3p15-rc1 A release candidate for 4.2.4
! 22:
! 23: Note that after the ntp-dev repo produces a production release it will
! 24: be copied into the ntp-stable and the cycle will repeat.
! 25:
! 26: Feel free to suggest improvements...
! 27:
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