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Minor version increases (e.g. 5.2) reflect noncritical bugfixes, small new features, and other nonbreaking changes.  These would include additions and/or backward-compatible changes to interfaces, support for new technologies or platforms, and general improvements and fixes.  Note that official releases will always have an even-numbered minor version (e.g. 5.0, 5.2, 5.4); odd numbers are reserved for development releases.  This applies only to the minor version number.
Minor version increases (e.g. 5.2) reflect noncritical bugfixes, small new features, and other nonbreaking changes.  These would include additions and/or backward-compatible changes to interfaces, support for new technologies or platforms, and general improvements and fixes.  Note that official releases will always have an even-numbered minor version (e.g. 5.0, 5.2, 5.4); odd numbers are reserved for development releases.  This applies only to the minor version number.


Patch version increases (e.g. 5.2.1) reflect critical fixes, such as to security or other severe bugs.
Patch version increases (e.g. 5.2.1) reflect critical fixes, such as to security or other severe bugs.  While we generally wait until there is a critical fix to release a patch version, these versions may also contain other minor fixes committed in the meantime.


== When to Release ==
== When to Release ==
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