From 363ebbe3df5233a2b7b2bce1e7a909f99e40b175 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eugen Wissner Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2018 05:53:38 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Extend release policy --- README.md | 15 ++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index f50ca98..c372ef2 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -186,7 +186,20 @@ Following modules are under development: ### Release management -Deprecated features are removed after one release that includes these deprecations. +Tanya is still under active development and it isn't possible to provide great +backwards-compatibility at this stage. This won't change until 1.0.0. Almost +every release contains new features or API changes alongside bug fixes. Thus: + +- Patch releases add new functionality and bug fixes in a backwards-compatible +manner + +- Minor releases contain API breakages + +- Major release number is always the same: `0.x.x` + +Deprecated functionality is where possible marked as such before getting +removed. It is left in the library for one release: If 0.8.1 deprecates some +feature, it is removed in the next release: 0.9.0. ## Further characteristics