How Drupal Core release version decides ?

Hello Drupalers,

There is one interesting thing about Drupal version.

Have you ever been thought how core contributor decided the Drupal release number ? 🤔


Today i am going to tell you how the core release version decide.

"Since Drupal 8.8.0 Core release follow the semantic versioning (semver) numbering system."

• Semantic versioning numbering uses three numbers instead of two  i.e (8.2.6)

In 8.2.6 first number is the major release number, second is minor number and third is patch number .

First Number (Major version) :- You are actually breaking API , there's no backwards compatibility with old API.

Second Number (Minor version) :- Minor version does not break compatibility with old version (Drupal 8.2 won't break compatibility of 8.1), This number is used for big changes or new feature.

Third Number (Patch Number) :- last number only shows bug fixes.

For more information please visit :-  Drupal Core release cycle

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