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--- pear:rfc:pear2_versioning_standard_revision [2009/12/29 20:11] – update status to draft saltybeagle
+++ pear:rfc:pear2_versioning_standard_revision [2009/12/29 20:15] – Add api version changes paragraph to the summary saltybeagle
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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 =====