From: Kashyap Chamarthy <kchamart@redhat.com>
To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Cc: berrange@redhat.com, Kashyap Chamarthy <kchamart@redhat.com>
Subject: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] [qemu-web] Put version numbering details in its own doc
Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2019 17:20:52 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190211162052.13584-1-kchamart@redhat.com> (raw)
Instead of burying the version numbering details under "Download QEMU"
page, place it in its own document. And highlight its presence in the
website footer.
While at it, add a concrete example of the version numbering scheme.
Signed-off-by: Kashyap Chamarthy <kchamart@redhat.com>
---
| 1 +
download.html | 23 -----------------------
version-numbering.md | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 version-numbering.md
--git a/_includes/footer.html b/_includes/footer.html
index 1669ef766cc18b0df3e27418038f9bf851b74c8a..0fb85feb564e3b23bc4ab78eb05359264d13bfa5 100644
--- a/_includes/footer.html
+++ b/_includes/footer.html
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
<li><a href="https://qemu.weilnetz.de/qemu-doc.html">Manual</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wiki.qemu.org/Category:Developer_documentation">Developer docs</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wiki.qemu.org/">Wiki</a></li>
+ <li><a href="/version-numbering">Version numbering</a></li>
</ul>
<ul class="style">
<li><a href="https://planet.virt-tools.org/">virt tools planet</a></li>
diff --git a/download.html b/download.html
index 3c2df66ff6757bba1246b5f0873b287fca600f11..e4c8bb5792aa6e6f7038a9fd2bdab3c432daa6ab 100644
--- a/download.html
+++ b/download.html
@@ -40,29 +40,6 @@ permalink: /download/
</article>
</div>
-<h2>Version numbering</h2>
-<div>
- <p>
- Since version 3.0.0, QEMU uses a time based version numbering scheme:
- </p>
-<dl>
-<dt>major</dt>
-<dd>incremented by 1 for the first release of the year</dd>
-<dt>minor</dt>
-<dd>reset to 0 with every major increment, otherwise incremented by 1 for each release from git master</dd>
-<dt>micro</dt>
-<dd>always 0 for releases from git master, incremented by 1 for each stable branch release</dd>
-</dl>
- <p>
- The implication of this is that changes in major version number
- <strong>do not</strong> have any bearing on the scope of changes
- included in the release. Non-backward compatible changes may be made
- in any master branch release, provided they have followed the
- <a href="https://qemu.weilnetz.de/doc/qemu-doc.html#Deprecated-features">deprecation policy</a>
- which calls for warnings to be emitted for a minimum of two releases
- prior to the change.
- </p>
-</div>
<script>
function animateOnClick(jqThis, slide) {
$('.horiz-menu li').removeClass('active');
diff --git a/version-numbering.md b/version-numbering.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9ace69128f76d7eb5b71e062ccdcb3ffd768ccc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/version-numbering.md
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+---
+title: QEMU version numbering
+permalink: /version-numbering/
+---
+
+Since version 3.0.0, QEMU uses a time based version numbering scheme:
+
+ - major: incremented by 1 for the first release of the year
+
+ - minor: reset to 0 with every major increment, otherwise
+ incremented by 1 for each release from git master
+
+ - micro: always 0 for releases from git master, incremented by 1 for
+ each stable branch release
+
+The implication of this is that changes in major version number *do not*
+have any bearing on the scope of changes included in the release.
+Non-backward compatible changes may be made in any master branch
+release, provided they have followed the [deprecation
+policy](https://qemu.weilnetz.de/doc/qemu-doc.html#Deprecated-features)
+which calls for warnings to be emitted for a minimum of two releases
+prior to the change.
+
+Example number scheme: in the year 2019, there will be 4.0.0, 4.1.0 and
+4.2.0 releases; following that, 5.0.0, 5.1.0, 5.2.0 releases in 2020,
+and so on.
--
2.17.2
next reply other threads:[~2019-02-11 16:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-02-11 16:20 Kashyap Chamarthy [this message]
2019-02-11 16:24 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] [qemu-web] Put version numbering details in its own doc Daniel P. Berrangé
2019-02-11 16:58 ` Kashyap Chamarthy
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