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--- pear:rfc:pear2_versioning_standard_revision [2009/09/06 15:12] – Add myself as a PEAR Group sponsor and second author. saltybeagle
+++ pear:rfc:pear2_versioning_standard_revision [2017/09/22 13:28] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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   * Title: PEAR2 Versioning Standards Revision
   * Version:   0.1.0
-  * Status:    Incomplete
+  * Status:    Draft
   * Type:      Standards
-  * Last updated: September 6, 2009
+  * Last updated: December 29, 2009
 ==== Author(s) Information ====
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 This document describes the versioning standards for the PEAR2 repository that will make the
-paranoia setting work.
+paranoia setting work, and defines the version and api numbering process when backwards compatibility is broken.
+Breaking backwards compatibility requires changing the major 'A' in the A.P.I version. Once a package has been released as 'stable' the
+changing the major 'A' in the A.P.I version requires changing the major version 'X' in the X.Y.Z version in the package version.
 ===== Approach & Requirements =====