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| author | Thomas Weber <weber@corscience.de> | 2010-09-28 06:06:25 (GMT) |
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| committer | Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de> | 2010-09-28 12:37:58 (GMT) |
| commit | 360d883aa0bd21f705b94709a48a8e6bf267c85b (patch) | |
| tree | 27a4dc4548f23693833e716e04562d71e8762427 /README | |
| parent | 86af10cac421e7156da4a5f154ab34026e35a2c3 (diff) | |
| download | u-boot-360d883aa0bd21f705b94709a48a8e6bf267c85b.tar.xz | |
README: Fix description of version numbering scheme
The version numbering scheme was changed in Oct, 2008.
This patch brings the documentation to the actual level.
The description is taken from:
http://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot/ReleaseCycle
Signed-off-by: Thomas Weber <weber@corscience.de>
Changed text slightly.
Signed-off-by: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'README')
| -rw-r--r-- | README | 18 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 7 deletions
@@ -126,13 +126,17 @@ the string "u_boot" or on "U_BOOT". Example: Versioning: =========== -U-Boot uses a 3 level version number containing a version, a -sub-version, and a patchlevel: "U-Boot-2.34.5" means version "2", -sub-version "34", and patchlevel "4". - -The patchlevel is used to indicate certain stages of development -between released versions, i. e. officially released versions of -U-Boot will always have a patchlevel of "0". +Starting with the release in October 2008, the names of the releases +were changed from numerical release numbers without deeper meaning +into a time stamp based numbering. Regular releases are identified by +names consisting of the calendar year and month of the release date. +Additional fields (if present) indicate release candidates or bug fix +releases in "stable" maintenance trees. + +Examples: + U-Boot v2009.11 - Release November 2009 + U-Boot v2009.11.1 - Release 1 in version November 2009 stable tree + U-Boot v2010.09-rc1 - Release candiate 1 for September 2010 release Directory Hierarchy: |