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Question: Does the build number always increment no matter the version or does the build number resets to 1 for every new version? (programming.dev)
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[–] cbarrick@lemmy.world 20 points 4 months ago

The meaning of version numbers can vary across projects.

One common scheme is Semantic Versioning, which divides the version number into three parts: MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH*

  • MAJOR is incremented when there are backwards incompatible changes.
  • MINOR is incremented when new features are added in a backwards compatible way.
  • PATCH is incremented for smaller big fixes.
  • Each number is reset to zero when a higher level number is incremented.

* It's a bit more complex than this, but this is the gist.