Questions tagged [semantic-versioning]
De-facto standard for using multi-part version numbers like {major}.{minor}.{patch-level} followed optionally by pre-release labels.
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Application of Semantic Versioning Specifications Between 1.0.0-alpha and 1.0.0-alpha.1
I have no concrete idea about the main difference between 1.0.0-alpha and 1.0.0-alpha.1 of a system SemVer when it's applied in a real event of the system's development.
Can someone explain the ...
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Correcting document errors in semantic versioning
Semantic versioning is a scheme of versioning that make the compatibility of different versions of a software component apparent to human and non-human agents.
In essence, when a backwards-compatible ...
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Is changing the signature of a callback a breaking change?
In Javascript, should appending to the signature of a callback be considered a breaking change?
I.e. given an operation op(target, callback) should changing it from callback(item, index, array) to ...
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Refactoring the application with correct SemVer approach
Suppose I have an application with version 1.2.3.
If I refactor my application to remove deprecated calls while maintaining the same functionality and API as in version 1.2.3, what version number ...
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Should I increment the MAJOR number in Semantic Versioning when I change the flow of the app? [duplicate]
We are developing a web application and we are in the version 1.2.0.
In the next release we will change the flow of the app by removing 2 pages and making other pages as Modals and change the user ...
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How should source code unit tests affect semantic versioning?
I recently started using Semantic Versioning.
Due to conflicts with my previous versioning convention (which I created myself), I am very confused about versioning unit tests as part of the public API....
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How to go about version numbers in a C# solution
My current situation:
I would like to apply this to a solution containing multiple projects (one executable and different libraries) in C#. Additionally, I have a project that packs the executable, ...
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Can 1.0.1 be launched right after 1.1.0?
I know that it is common for software to have parallel development in major versions, such as v1 (1.x.x), which can be completely different from v2.
Regarding Semver (Semantic Version), can I upgrade ...
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How do I properly apply semantic versioning if I have more than three components in my version?
I am preparing a software package for internal consumption in my organization. It will be published on our internal non-public npm feed.
The used technology (npm) requires me to adhere to semantic ...
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When should release versions be bumped?
I want my projects to be SemVer compliant. I follow a trunk-based development approach. I also want to keep things as simple as possible.
I assume that each commit on main (default branch) is a ...
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Automatic detection of semantic versioning based on Python type hints
I am the maintainer of a Python library that uses semantic versioning. Skip the next paragraph if you are familiar with what it means.
The rough and dirty explanation of semantic versioning is as ...
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Do you increment software version when updating non-functional parts of the code such as deployment scripts or README file?
Currently, my repo contains application code and what I call non-functional files, which include deployment scripts, README file, build system requirements, dependencies etc. These files are released ...
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What should my next SemVer version number be?
For a frontend web app version 3.9, we have a visual change that I would constitute as a backwards compatible (as far as the API) new feature. Therefor, my SemVer instinct is to bump the minor version ...
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Keeping version parity between platforms
I'm in the mobile development domain and I use semantic versioning to version my releases. I keep both versions the same as long as new builds are released for both iOS and Android platforms at the ...
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Guidance on rectifying a minor bump that should have been a major bump
We have product X which has the following semver versions: 1.0.0, 1.1.0, 1.2.0, ..., 1.10.0.
In version 1.5.0, we introduced a feature which changes the way the application is consumed in a big way. ...
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