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Package Versioning Guidelines

Semantic Versioning

Learn and follow strictly the SemVer schema:

Major.Minor.Patch[-Stage]

Change Major when breaking changes are introduced.
Change Minor when new functionality is added, but backvard compatibility is preserved.
Change Patch when existing functionalty is fixed, no new functionality is added and backward compatibility is preserved.
Set Stage to -alpha, -beta, -pre etc for prereleases. Remove Stage for releases.