Versioning
~~~~~~~~~~

Format
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Versions for components have three elements: x.y.z, which have the following
meaning:

x
	major version number, when its 0 the component is a beta component. A
	component with major version 0 can never be release publicly. When
	the number != 0 then it will only increase when there is a backwards
	compatible break in the component's API.

y
	minor version number, is used for all feature additions

z
	mini version number, is used to denote bug fixes only. This third part
	can also be a string in the set: (alpha, beta1, beta2, betaN, rc1, rc2,
	rcN) - in that case it shows that the package is a "beta" package, not
	ready for production.

x and y show the version number of the component, the z is an addition showing
the state (beta etc.) or which bug fix release it is.


Examples
========
0.1.0
	first possible non-publicly released version

1.0.0
	first publicly released version

1.0.1
	first bug fix release for component version "1.0"

1.3.7
	7th bug fix release for version "1.3" - version "1.3" has more features
	compared to "1.0" (and "1.1" and "1.2"), but does not break BC

1.4beta1
	First beta release of the "1.4" version.

1.4rc1
	First release candidate of the "1.4" version.

1.4.0
	First production ready release of the "1.4" version.

2.0alpha
	Development release of the component, where backward compatibility is
	broken compared to version "1.x".

2.0beta1
	First beta release of the "2.0" version.

2.0rc1
	First release candidate of the "2.0" version.

2.0.0
	First production ready release of the "2.0" version.


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