From: Simon McVittie Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2024 12:48:00 +0000 (+0000) Subject: README: Stop describing odd/even as Linux kernel versioning X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=c1a3be5276391ef46c20297d5fbd7fc77148c010;p=thirdparty%2Fdbus.git README: Stop describing odd/even as Linux kernel versioning The Linux kernel hasn't used this versioning scheme for years (the last odd-numbered development branch was 2.5). We are still using the odd/even versioning scheme, and so are some other library projects. Cite GLib and SDL as better examples of projects that still use it. Signed-off-by: Simon McVittie --- diff --git a/README b/README index 556b218d7..95ce18f03 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -70,9 +70,9 @@ high-level API as analogous to Qt/GTK+/HTML. Version numbers === -D-Bus uses the common "Linux kernel" versioning system, where -even-numbered minor versions are stable and odd-numbered minor -versions are development snapshots. +D-Bus uses the same odd/even versioning system as GLib, SDL and older +Linux kernels, where even-numbered minor versions are stable and +odd-numbered minor versions are development snapshots. So for example, development snapshots: 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.3, 1.3.4 Stable versions: 1.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.2.1, 1.2.3