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- Subject: Re: [ANN] Lua 5.3.0 (work1) now available
- From: Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo <lhf@...>
- Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2013 22:23:23 -0300
> The mental picture I have in my mind regarding Lua's versioning scheme
> is as follows:
> Version 5.2.1 can be interpreted as
> '5' - "Generation" number. All 5.x.x versions are "design" compatible
> '2' - "Major" release. All 5.2.x versions are "feature" compatible
> '1' - "Minor" number. All 5.2.1.x versions use the same
> implementation and differ by bug fixes or performance tweaks.
Exactly. This is explained in different words at
http://www.lua.org/versions.html#numbering
