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Annotation of embedaddon/ntp/README.versions, revision 1.1.1.1

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...
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