Pocoo

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Version System

Each release of pocoo gets a unique version number.

The syntax is the following:

MAJOR.MINOR.BUGFIX(RELEASETYPE)

details:

MAJOR on a complete rewrite or really major api change (breaks backwards compatibility)
MINOR increments on each release which isn't a bugfix release
BUGFIX normaly this value is 0 (not displayed), and is only used for bugfix releases
RELEASETYPE nothing (release version) or a release type flag*

* possible values vor release type:

  • alpha - a alpha version (only in the first versions of a MAJOR update)
  • beta - a beta version (only on a MAJOR update)
  • RC1 - first release candidate version (MAJOR and MINOR changes)
  • RCX - X release candidate version (MAJOR and MINOR changes)
  • dev - developement versions