From: Junio C Hamano Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2024 17:59:52 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 1/4] docs: introduce document to announce breaking changes Message-ID: In-Reply-To: Patrick Steinhardt writes: > +* Git 1.6, released in August 2008. In retrospect, this release should likely > + have bumped the major version. No need to reroll just for this alone, but back then, a non-zero third component did not mean they are maintenance releases (e.g., v1.5.3.3 was the third maintenance update for the v1.5.3 series) and v1.6.0 _was_ a departure, a breaking change from the v1.5.x series. It is more recent tradition that we only use three numbers. I'd strike the whole "In retrospect" comment if I were writing this. > +to see the message and its surrounding discussion. Such a reference is there to > +make it easier for you to find how the project reached concensus on the "concensus" -> "consensus".